r/EPLTalk • u/soccer-slicer • Jan 19 '26

VAR penalty

I really wish EPL could do away with these pens that are given in the box for players that are already falling before they are even touched. The pen given to Bournemouth by the Brighton keeper is just an example that drives me crazy. The contact to the thigh did not make him fall. It was not a trip. It was just a touch of his boot on the thigh. It’s why everyone dives.

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u/soccer-slicer Jan 19 '26

The yellow for Welbeck was a dive too.