"Tammy Abraham thought he had made a goalscoring return, his first since winning promotion from the Championship seven years ago, but then it was all eyes on the referee, Tim Robinson, and the big screens that indicated a review. At Stockley Park, the video assistant referee, Paul Tierney, rewound the clock by 19 seconds, to the moment Leon Bailey, at the opposite end of the pitch, was deemed to have failed to keep the ball in play."
"Bailey, recalled from Roma last month, was on his backside when the ball appeared to run out of play near the corner flag. Villa kickstarted their attack from there, diagonally moving upfield, culminating in Jadon Sancho jinking inside Jordan Henderson and forcing Caoimhin Kelleher into a save. Abraham was quickest to the rebound and wheeled away in celebration, but it was short-lived."
Aston Villa trailed 10-man Brentford and believed Tammy Abraham had netted early in the second half. A VAR review at Stockley Park rewound play by 19 seconds and concluded Leon Bailey had failed to keep the ball in play, so the goal was disallowed and a throw-in awarded to Brentford. The decision prompted mass groans and anger among Villa supporters. Brentford almost capitalised from the subsequent throw-in, and had only two shots on target overall. Dango Ouattara scored in first-half stoppage time after Kevin Schade was sent off, racing onto a long ball and finishing from an acute angle.
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