Leicester City 0-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers: three talking points

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LEICESTER, ENGLAND – AUGUST 11: The LED screen displays a no goal decision after a VAR goal check during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers at The King Power Stadium on August 11, 2019 in Leicester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images) /

VAR you kidding me?

Had it not been for a rule that doesn’t make any sense and it probably never will, Leicester would have lost by 1-0.

There was nothing wrong with Leander Dendoncker’s goal. His header hit Willy Boly’s arm – which he couldn’t have done anything about – and the midfielder slotted home the rebound. How many goals of the same description have we seen over the years? And how many times has anyone of us complained about such a goal?

Yes, the new rules clearly state that any goal scored with the help of an arm – including the build-up – will be disallowed, but surely, if the ball has been smashed into your arm, what can you do?

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Wolverhampton’s captain, Conor Coady, made a fair point about it:

"“It is a goal. People will say they have VAR and it has hit his hand, but he is not looking at the ball. “We are going to have to play with our hands chopped off in future. “If that is not a goal there is a problem. No-one appealed for it. “But it is what it is, we have come here and put in a really good performance and we should have come away with three points. “Common sense is Boly is not looking at the ball and not put his hand in the way to knock it down for himself and then shoot. “He can’t do anything about it. They have brought VAR in to rectify all those problems but I think it has gone too far the other way now.”"

The rules have supposedly been made for the betterment of the game, but there’s a feeling that they are being detrimental already. It is only the first week of the new season, mind.