Rob Edwards had some sympathy for Vincent Kompany, but didn't think there was enough in it for VAR to rule the challenge on James Trafford a clear and obvious error.
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00:00 It's difficult, isn't it? There he is there to show if there's decisions that are blatantly wrong.
00:07 I don't think it is blatantly wrong, but I can understand Vinny's frustration.
00:15 There is contact there with James Trafford, but his luck is gone for us.
00:21 I'd probably be frustrated if I was him, but at the same time, if it hadn't been given,
00:27 I would have been really frustrated as well, because it's pretty minimal.
00:31 That's the problem you see with VR there, because that still comes down to someone's opinion, doesn't it?
00:35 It's not like a factual black and white decision.
00:39 It's not, you know, is it really clear and obvious?
00:42 Everyone in here now will have different opinions on it.
00:44 So, and people will see it from a different angle and go,
00:47 "Oh, there's contact. Oh, actually, it doesn't look too bad from another angle again."
00:50 And I just think that's, we're asking them to re-ref the game from miles away in a studio somewhere.
00:56 So, if the referee hasn't given that decision on the field,
00:59 then tonight, that decision then away from here has gone for us.
01:04 But it's because it's opinions, and we're all going to see it differently.
01:08 That's where it's really hard, things like that.
01:10 If you just do it on facts, factual decisions, so off sides and things like that.
01:14 I've said this before, when it comes down to someone's opinion,
01:18 no, you're never going to get it spot on, because everyone's going to have different ideas on it.