Wani lamari guda ɗaya daga cikin shan kashin Liverpool 1-0 a hannun Arsenal ranar Lahadi ya sake kunna wata muhimmiyar muhawara a kwallon kafa: Shin 'yan wasa ya kamata su faɗi ƙasa don samun bugun dogo, ko ƙa'idoji su kare waɗanda suka zaɓi gaskiya?
Lamarin Isak da ya kunna tattaunawar
A rabin lokacin na biyu a Anfield, Bradley Barcola ya jefa ƙwallon daga gefen fage zuwa cikin yankin hukunci na Arsenal. Alexander Isak ya yi kama yana shirye don yin daidaita da kai — sai dai ƙwallon ta wuce, bayan haka ɗan wasan Liverpool ya juyar da kansa ya koma filin don jiran harbin bugun gidan.
Sai bayan sake kallo aka fahimci cewa Jurrien Timber yana riƙe da kaguwar rigon Isak da ƙarfi. Duk da haka, Isak bai nuna wata mayar da martani ba, bai yi korafi ba, kuma bai nemi hukunci ba. Alƙali Andy Madley bai ga komai ba. Mataimakin alƙali na bidiyo Stuart Attwell ya yanke hukunci cewa babu isasshen shaidar don fara bitar.
Manajan Liverpool Andoni Iraola ya yi magana kai tsaye bayan ƙarshen wasan. "Akwai jan riga a bayyane," ya ce. "Amsar ita ce dole ka faɗi — idan ba ka faɗi, ba za su yi kira ba."
Kwatancen da ke bayyana gaskiya
Shari'ar Calvin Bassey a watan Fabrairu ta nuna wannan rikice-rikicen a fili. A wasa tsakanin Sunderland da Fulham, Bassey ya faɗi ƙasa cikin yankin hukunci bayan Brian Brobbey ya ja riga ta. Alƙali Craig Pawson bai lura da komai a farko ba, amma VAR Tony Harrington ya ga kuskuren ya kuma aika Pawson zuwa moniton — aka ba da bugun dogo.
Kamancen da lamarin Timber da Isak yake da shi ya buge ido. A dukansu akwai jan riga, amma Bassey ya faɗi ya sami bugun dogo; Isak ya tsaya ba ya sami komai.
Menene doka ta ce?
Doka ta fito fili cewa laifin riƙewa yana faruwa ne kawai idan taɓawar ta hana motsin abokin adawar. Don haka tasiri shi ne maɓallin kowane yanke hukunci. Idan ɗan wasa bai nuna wata alama ta toshe motsi — kamar yadda Isak ya yi — yana da wuya ga alƙali ko VAR su shiga tsakani.
Tsohon mataimakin alƙali na Premier League Darren Cann ya sanar da BBC Sport: "Dole riƙewar ta kasance mai dawwama — wasu za su ce ta kasance haka, wasu kuma ba za su ce haka ba. Amma abin ban sha'awa shi ne Isak bai ma yi roƙo ba."
Ma'aunin VAR mai taushi
A lokacin bazara, shugaban alƙalai na UEFA Roberto Rosetti ya amince cewa akwai "bita masu yawa sosai," wanda ya sa 'yan wasa suke yin wasa-wasa don samun yanke hukunci na bidiyo. Tun daga lokacin, an ɗaga maƙasudin shiga tsakani a Premier League, kuma adadin bitoci na hukunci — 14 — yana daidai da na lokaci ɗaya a kakar da ta gabata.
Da wannan maƙasudin mai tsayi, ƙaramin taɓawar ba tare da roƙon ɗan wasa ba ba zai iya haifar da bita ba. Kwamitin Muhimman Al'amura na Wasan yana nuna ƙasa da shiga tsakani guda ɗaya na VAR da aka rasa a Premier League wannan kakar — wanda alƙalai ke ganin shi a matsayin shaida ta daidaituwa da ta dace.
Amma Iraola bai yarda da wannan ra'ayin ba kwata-kwata. "Da ya faɗi, da sun ba da bugun dogo kashi 100%," ya maimaita da ƙarfi. "Bai kamata ya zama haka ba amma haka lamarin yake."
