As derby’s go it wasn’t a bad one, it was horrendous.
Montreal’s best and worst moments of the game each involved VAR and the contest, despite there being a gulf between the sides, was decided only thanks to the recent ludicrous change in the handball rule; another tampered-with law designed to clarify, but which succeeds only to robotize officials, exasperate fans and undermine the spirit of the game.
How there was an advantage to Montreal when the rebounding ball, travelling away from the goal, hit Emanuel Maciel’s hand from point-blank range or not much further away, I’ll never know.