"One poor decision is forgivable, two is careless, but there were a hat-trick of howlers, with Tammy Abraham clearly offside for Aston Villa's opener. Lucas Digne needed his own dedicated review booth, escaping with a yellow card for an agricultural tackle on Jacob Murphy and avoiding a penalty for handball. Officials ruled that Digne handled the ball outside the penalty area, an impressive feat given that he both took off and landed inside the box as he jumped to block a cross."
"Over in Italy, where refereeing errors are invariably handled in a measured, rational way, Juventus were on the end of a harsh call in Saturday's 3-2 defeat to Inter. Having already been booked, Pierre Kalulu brushed the arm of Andrea Bastoni, who went down as if clipped by a freight train. Kalulu was sent off and with no VAR review for second yellows, it was left to Juve's directors to try and rewrite the verdict,"
Multiple high-profile refereeing errors affected matches in England, Italy and Spain over the weekend. At Villa Park, Tammy Abraham scored from an offside position, Lucas Digne avoided a penalty despite a handball and received only a yellow for a heavy tackle, and Chris Kavanagh and an assistant have been stood down by PGMO. In Italy, Pierre Kalulu was dismissed after Andrea Bastoni went down, no VAR review occurred for the second yellow, and club officials confronted referee Federico La Penna, who has faced online abuse and police advice to stay home. In Spain, a missed foul on Jules Kounde led to Girona's winner against Barcelona and VAR did not intervene.
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