VAR thwarts Bournemouth at every turn as Dwight McNeil seals Burnley win
(The Guardian Sports News)

The weather did its best to spoil this game, though the two sides put on a decent show in the end. It was VAR and the ludicrous current interpretation of handball that ruined the afternoon, especially for Eddie Howe and his players, who saw an opening goal harshly chalked off in the first half, then what looked like an equaliser converted into a Burnley penalty.This is where football is at the moment. Bournemouth players were celebrating at one end after Harry Wilson had taken Callum Wilson´s pass and slipped the ball under Nick Pope, when the game was halted because VAR was inspecting an incident a few seconds earlier, when a Dwight McNeil cross had struck Adam Smith on the shoulder in the opposite penalty area. Continue reading...