#ARSPAL
Today's visitors to the jelly strength Fortress Emirates was Crystal Palace FC. Unusually though we find them only a point and a place behind us in the league table. More often than not they are in the relegation places at this stage of the season. Their manager Roy "Woy" Hodgson, former England manager, has them working well. Or so it seemed until Arsenal took a two goal lead in the 7th and 9th minutes. Goals from set pieces not from forwards but from centre backs Sokratis and Luiz. On 30 they were level when VAR, Video Assistant Referee, overruled the onfield referee and awarded a penalty to Palace after Zaha seemed to dive over to get it. Onfield ref, Martin Atkinson, had already, showed Zaha the yellow card for the dive and given a free kick to Arsenal. The annoying thing is not VAR itself but the time it takes to make a decision. If the muppets watching on TV are quick to contact the ref, why the long delay? They will have seen something to have queried the ...