Manchester Utd vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[eye digress]

Onana was an important geometric parameter. His position determined the angle for the strike. By moving one way or the other, he opened or closed that angle. By moving at all, he changed the calculus for the keeper.

Do you think Barkley had the time to even consider that Onana might be a useful 'shield'?!! It all happened very quickly. And, there was also a defender next to Onana acting as a shield.
The key point is that the ball did not brush him ...

No, but that's not hugely relevant, I don't think.

And yes, apparently, as the laws of the game would have it, the only important thing is whether Onana got a nick.

But I would have been seriously gutted to see one like that given against us. Wouldn't you?

[LeonW]

OMG I can’t believe that some are debating getting a debatable decision go in favour AT OLD TRAFFORD! We should just be rejoicing to the gods that this could even happen.

[Somniloquism]

Even if we agreed on that assertion, do we really want VAR making subjective judgements on whether the keeper may or may not have saved it?

They would have sent it to the ref for his decision on the impact on the keeper if they felt there was a mistake. Ref had already determined he wasn't so didn't need to be sent. If it had curled around the other way, or the keeper had hestitated in diving due to thinking it was hitting Onana then that might have been a sending to the monitor. However Lemons didn't even glance at Amadou or react to the ball before it was passed them both.