Liverpool vs Crystal Palace: This is the worst conspiracy ever
Liverpool came away from London with a tense 2-1 win over Crystal Palace and have VAR to thank for it.
Now the fun starts. You can predict it, really.
The Video Assistant Referee sits in his darkened room and analyses tiny moments in big games and reaches a decision. Jordan Ayew is gutted, James Tomkins fills with rage. Tweets are fired off like party poppers at a five-year-old’s birthday party.
Tomkins has just had his goal disallowed because Ayew fouled Dejan Lovren in the moments leading up to the strike. It was a foul, even Roy Hodgson said it.
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But that doesn’t stop them, these shrill keyboard warriors don’t like it. They don’t like it one bit.
‘It’s a conspiracy’, they moan. ‘LiVARpool strike again’, they wail. ‘What a shock, another decision in favour of Jurgen Klopp’. You can almost feel their eyes rolling into the back of their skulls.
If this is a conspiracy, it’s the worst one ever and it’s one Roberto Firmino’s armpit might have a few things to say about.
It was only a few weeks ago that they were dancing for joy when Firmino had one ruled out against Aston Villa, or when a blatant foul against Manchester United wasn’t picked up and the Red Devils scored from the following play.
There are no conspiracies in football. There are no agendas. People just see things and try to make the best decision they can. Sometimes things go for you, sometimes against. Sometimes in the same game – that’s life.
If there is a VAR conspiracy acting to try and get Liverpool to win the league, it’s the worst one ever. In fact, if there’s a VAR conspiracy acting to try and get Liverpool to win the league, it’s an embarrassing one and it’s not one I’d want to be a part of.
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If there’s a conspiracy, at least make it a good one. I’d be happy to put my name to that one, not this half arsed effort.