Over a week since we last saw a VAR overturn, and there's very little to talk about in the Monday VAR thread. So short mention of:

- Paul Pogba's penalty
- Tottenham's penalty

Starting with Man United's penalty against Aston Villa. Match of the Day covered this perfectly.

The crucial point is that Pogba did not trip himself over, it was the result of contact from Douglas Luiz.

And when the VAR sees this contact, there is no chance of an overturn.

Key here is that the contact was not initiated by Pogba, but by the way Douglas Luiz positioned himself against the Manchester United player.

Had it been clear Pogba had initiated contact, then the VAR would have a decision to make. This wasn't the case.

Dean Smith said after the game: "For me there's enough doubt to send him over the screen but he doesn't get sent over to the screen."

The monitor is NOT there for the referee to check his decision. It's there for when the VAR recommends an overturn, which the referee can reject.

This is a really good example of a decision which is unlikely to be altered by the VAR (Paul Tierney) whether Michael Oliver had given the penalty or not.

It wouldn't be a clear and obvious error to give the penalty, or not give the penalty. It's a subjective call.

It's the perfect example of an issue VAR will always face in being fully understood in football.

One person can think it's a penalty, and another will not. And this is the issue. Where is that threshold? When does clear and obvious become clear and obvious?

On the Tottenham penalty vs. Leeds. It's an exceptionally tight call.

It really depends which frame you believe shows contact on the upper leg of Steven Bergwijn by Ezgjan Alioski.

The frame chosen by the VAR, who again was Paul Tierney, could perhaps have been marginally later than it should have been.

Note it is Alioski's right leg that causes the foul, which is obscured here and is further forward than the image may initially suggest.

That's not to say using this frame, slightly earlier, makes the decision different as it still appears on the line looking at all angles, remembering the right leg of the defender is obscured on the side angle.

So it's certainly very difficult to say there was a wrong decision.

I wasn't going to include this as it simply isn't a penalty. But after some messages, and to tick the box.

Rhodri wins the ball first (image 1), before the contact between Werner and Rhodri (image 2). Not a penalty.