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For the grand arrival of VAR in English domestic football there ought to have been a fanfare of whistles, a cheerleading display of referee’s assistants waving flags and the two groups of players drawing rectangles instead of the pre-match handshake. As it turned out the handy monitor on the touchline waited, tucked on its stand, quietly inactive, like an unplugged robot, a few yards to the left of the managers’ technical areas. But Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Womens Jersey if that is the glitzy side of VAR, the drama for all to see if and when a referee chooses to use the monitor to look again for himself at something he has doubts about, then the nitty gritty is the quick line of communication back to base camp and the additional officials studying the angles. 
The weird twist in this tale came late and in that manner. Just as it seemed the match was set to finish without controversy, with VAR uneeded and unused, Glenn Murray popped up with a matchwinner that was accompanied by enough questions to justify another look from the new backup technology. The word from the referee, Andre Marriner, was quick and to the point: “Check it.” Neil Swarbrick and his assistant, Peter Kirkup, who spent the match installed in front of a selection of monitors relaying more than a dozen angles and specialist goal cameras at the Premier League TV headquarters at Stockley Park, referred to the replays to check for two things. Was it offside? No. Did the ball skim his arm as it deflected in off his knee? That was the more complicated area. The angles Swarbrick and Kirkup studied were inconclusive so there was no clear reason to disallow the goal. On we went, Brighton 2-1 up. That was not much consolation for Crystal Palace’s following, who raged with the urge to appeal when the goal was plastered across the big screens at the Amex Stadium. It was maybe not the smartest move under the circumstances. Roy Hodgson had no problem with the goal, though, which helped the cause of VAR moving forwards. The upshot is that VAR was used and generally adjudged to come to the right decision, but just as notable was the speed with which the intervention took place. The exchange between Marriner and his assistants in front of the screens was barely discernible, so the concerns about how much it might delay the flow of the game were not an issue in this case. The nature of VAR is to attempt to deal with controversy, so it will not be surprising to have some minor issues. Teething problems will come with the territory as the game adjusts to this innovation. For all parties with a http://www.floridapanthersofficialonline.com/Adidas-Aaron-Ekblad-Jersey vested interest – managers, players, officials, supporters, media – it will take some time to http://www.officialdodgersteamshop.com/Adrian_Gonzalez_Jerseysettle. This looked like being the gentlest of introductions. The majority of the game was so devoid of the dubious the mind wandered to a wacky encounter between these two teams in 1989 for a game marked by the award of five penalties in less than half an hour. The footage includes the sight of Kelvin Morton, the referee that day, enacting a speedy A.J. Bouye Jersey version of Monty Python’s Ministry of Silly walks as he races away from players’ complaints. Stick that in your VAR monitor and watch it smoke. The Amex was far from heaving on a night when the post-Christmas chill and pinch was evidently felt. There were plenty of unused blue seats – not only the entire corner blocks on either side of the Palace fans which were completely empty, with their section behind the goal hemmed in by a row of orange-coated stewards. For all the antipathy between these clubs – and the two sets of fans amused themselves by exchanging unpleasantries – nothing seemed out of the ordinary, which was a relief after the last meeting of these local-ish rivals, which had been a fiercer affair. Brighton took the lead midway through the first half, Wayne Hennessey offering only a startled half save at his near post which was not enough to keep out Dale Stephens’s shot. Marriner fiddled with his earpiece but to no discernible effect. Some wags in the Brighton support wondered if they might check the VAR for a case of mistaken identity as the sight of Stephens scoring was unusual enough to require confirmation. There was absolutely nothing contentious about that goal or Bakary Sako’s scorching equaliser. He controlled the ball, spun and walloped a shot that fizzed past Tim Krul. In terms of the laws of the game the VAR monitor remained dormant, in its self-spooning position. It remains to be seen how that goes down when a referee needs to consult it. The fact that the VAR referee Swarbrick was consulted, and gave his opinion with the mininum of fuss, is already a form of progress. wholesale jerseys all cheap mlb jerseys wholesale jerseys cheap nhl jerseys china
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Philippe Coutinho was given the full treatment: laid out on the stretcher, name of the club’s official medical supplier splashed on the boards behind him, thumbs up, cables suckered on to his chest, and the string vest, plus clearance to play – just not yet. By the time he arrived for his presentation at the Camp Nou, where he thanked Liverpool for having “kept their word” and Barcelona’s vice-president, Jordi Mestre, said that the financial demands had “dropped”, facilitating the sale, http://www.authenticmagicproshop.com/authentic-44-jason-williams-jersey.html it had been confirmed that Coutinho will be out for 20 days with a hamstring injury. He has waited months to get here; he will have to wait a little longer to play. 
Coutinho described his last conversation with Jürgen Klopp as one of “gratitude”. He said he was thankful Liverpool had kept their word – the second time he said so – but did not reveal what that word was, although five months after refusing to let him go they granted his wish, finally agreeing to him joining Barcelona, for a total fee that could reach €160m (£142m). As the Spanish phrase has it, Mr Money is a powerful gentleman. Coutinho’s own conviction remained steadfast. He had made up his mind. Liverpool, he said, http://www.officialravensproshoponline.com/Joe-Flacco-Jersey accepted that in the end. “It was hard. Every moment it changed, three, four months, and Dion Jordan Authentic Jersey then we were here, done. I think I still don’t properly realise it but I will soon when I train with my team-mates. Liverpool did everything they could to keep me and tried to make me stay but they understood that this was my dream.” And so he followed the http://www.nflramsofficialonline.com/RAMS-JOSH-REYNOLDS-JERSEY path of Luis Suárez, with whom he said he had been in constant contact. The Uruguayan even helped him look for a house and was waiting for him at the airport late on Saturday night. The following afternoon Coutinho watched Barcelona beat Levante from the Reina Sofia hotel on Diagonal, the avenue that cuts through the city, and on Monday morning he headed for his medical. From there he went to the Sant Joan Despí training ground and on to the Sala Roma at the Camp Nou. A quick word from the president and he was handed a shirt. His name was on the back but so Cassius Marsh Jersey far it has no number – although he is likely to take Javier Mascherano’s No14. Next stop was the dressing room and, to the strains of the club anthem, on to the pitch where his first game in a Barcelona shirt was a brief kickabout with a small group of kids. For a while they kept the ball from him but at least none tested the extent of an injury many on Merseyside suspected was more in the mind than in his muscles. From the stands 7,436 people watched and, when he finished, he was handed the keys to a new car, driven down the tunnel and parked at the side of the pitch, standing a little awkwardly as more photos were taken. That morning report diagnosed that it will be a while before he is back out there properly. In 20 days there is a league game against Alavés but he is more likely to be ready for a Copa del Rey semi-final first leg on 31 January, if Barcelona get there. His league debut could be in early February against Espanyol, one of Coutinho’s former clubs. Unable to play in the Champions League, he will get at most three cup games. In La Liga Barcelona have a nine-point lead, 16 over Real Madrid. “It’s not over,” Coutinho said, but he knows his contribution to success this season is likely to be limited. That, though, did not diminish his day. Nor, it appears, did it temper his hurry to arrive. Barcelona, too, were keen to get the deal done. Mestre claimed that the cost of the deal had dropped. He did so in self-defence after he was reminded that a fellow director had insisted at the end of the summer window that they would have to resign for financial “irresponsibility” if they had spent €270m on two players. In fact, they will have spent close to €300m. While there were references to Coutinho making a “financial effort” to come, the implication was that the fee itself had fallen. Yet he would not confirm a fee and there were references to other big clubs being interested which hardly forces prices down. “The reduction Rondae Hollis-Jefferson Jersey was sufficiently important to allow us to pay for this and for as long as Oscar Grau, who is responsible [for economic issues], told us it was possible we carried on.”http://fanclub.bglradio.net/forum/topic/13877
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Coutinho described his last conversation with Jürgen Klopp as one of “gratitude”. He said he was thankful Liverpool had kept their word – the second time he said so – but did not reveal what that word was, although five months after refusing to let him go they granted his wish, finally agreeing to him joining Barcelona, for a total fee that could reach €160m (£142m). As the Spanish phrase has it, Mr Money is a powerful gentleman. Coutinho’s own conviction remained steadfast. He had made up his mind. Liverpool, he said, http://www.officialravensproshoponline.com/Joe-Flacco-Jersey accepted that in the end. “It was hard. Every moment it changed, three, four months, and Dion Jordan Authentic Jersey then we were here, done. I think I still don’t properly realise it but I will soon when I train with my team-mates. Liverpool did everything they could to keep me and tried to make me stay but they understood that this was my dream.” And so he followed the http://www.nflramsofficialonline.com/RAMS-JOSH-REYNOLDS-JERSEY path of Luis Suárez, with whom he said he had been in constant contact. The Uruguayan even helped him look for a house and was waiting for him at the airport late on Saturday night. The following afternoon Coutinho watched Barcelona beat Levante from the Reina Sofia hotel on Diagonal, the avenue that cuts through the city, and on Monday morning he headed for his medical. From there he went to the Sant Joan Despí training ground and on to the Sala Roma at the Camp Nou. A quick word from the president and he was handed a shirt. His name was on the back but so Cassius Marsh Jersey far it has no number – although he is likely to take Javier Mascherano’s No14. Next stop was the dressing room and, to the strains of the club anthem, on to the pitch where his first game in a Barcelona shirt was a brief kickabout with a small group of kids. For a while they kept the ball from him but at least none tested the extent of an injury many on Merseyside suspected was more in the mind than in his muscles. From the stands 7,436 people watched and, when he finished, he was handed the keys to a new car, driven down the tunnel and parked at the side of the pitch, standing a little awkwardly as more photos were taken. That morning report diagnosed that it will be a while before he is back out there properly. In 20 days there is a league game against Alavés but he is more likely to be ready for a Copa del Rey semi-final first leg on 31 January, if Barcelona get there. His league debut could be in early February against Espanyol, one of Coutinho’s former clubs. Unable to play in the Champions League, he will get at most three cup games. In La Liga Barcelona have a nine-point lead, 16 over Real Madrid. “It’s not over,” Coutinho said, but he knows his contribution to success this season is likely to be limited. That, though, did not diminish his day. Nor, it appears, did it temper his hurry to arrive. Barcelona, too, were keen to get the deal done. Mestre claimed that the cost of the deal had dropped. He did so in self-defence after he was reminded that a fellow director had insisted at the end of the summer window that they would have to resign for financial “irresponsibility” if they had spent €270m on two players. In fact, they will have spent close to €300m. While there were references to Coutinho making a “financial effort” to come, the implication was that the fee itself had fallen. Yet he would not confirm a fee and there were references to other big clubs being interested which hardly forces prices down. “The reduction Rondae Hollis-Jefferson Jersey was sufficiently important to allow us to pay for this and for as long as Oscar Grau, who is responsible [for economic issues], told us it was possible we carried on.”http://fanclub.bglradio.net/forum/topic/13877http://forzalemans.net/topic/8162404/1/
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Philippe Coutinho had a media routine after Champions League games at Liverpool and the night of 6 December was no different. As usual, he smiled and said sorry to journalists requesting an interview in the mixed zone before heading over to a Brazilian television crew at the end of the line and giving both parties what they wanted – a few minutes with a star for the rights holders, quotes from the star that could not be open to misinterpretation. “I do not know how the future is going to be,” Coutinho told his compatriots. “What will happen in January, we will know it in January.” The ball had started rolling towards his £142m move to Barcelona exactly one month later. 
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To put this result into perspective, Arsène Wenger had never previously lost an FA Cup third-round tie in his 21 years as the longest-serving manager in the country. He has won this trophy seven times, the same as Chelsea and Liverpool throughout their entire histories, and plainly felt the gap to the Championship was substantial enough to risk putting out a weakened side. Nottingham Forest, with their songs about the European Cups and stands named after Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, will not appreciate it being called a giantkilling – but it still counts as a significant shock and a jarring experience for Wenger. 
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