Wow, if current results hold and we see a draw at City, Arsenal will have some breathing room at the top of the table, with every other member of the top 8, except Newcastle, dropping points this weekend. But I suspect a draw at City is a little too much to hope for. Edit: me and my big mouth I appear to have jinxed it, with Liverpool scoring two late goals, Villa scoring one to draw even, and Brighton scoring a goal against 10 man Chelsea to make a game of it.
The PK challenge by VAR was spot on. Ball hit head not arm. NBC explained that apparently, when a decision is reversed (after pitchside screen consultation?) then the restart has to be a drop ball. Don’t ask me why that makes any sense!
There was the weirdness on not giving the corner and before that, the Milner shoulder-to-shoulder on Mudryk that every commentator said should be a no call. VAR should not have sent the ref to the monitor.
If the call on-field is a penalty, that's it, the play ends there. The ball didn't go over the endline during live play, so they can't give a corner. Same reason they can't give a goal via VAR if the ref blows the whistle early and the ball goes in the net after.
Related question: When a ball goes over the end line, is it considered dead the moment that happens or the moment the AR Points his flag to the corner or to a goal kick? Or is the play only dead when the HR blows whistle? After the countless hours of footy that I’ve watched, I’m sad that I can’t say with any surety whether a whistle is always blown for a goal kick or corner kick. If I had to guess, I’d say no. But I defer…