Manchester City 0-0 Southampton: Pep Guardiola's side left frustrated as they are held to a goalless draw at home though VAR comes to their rescue as decision to send Kyle Walker off and give the visitors a penalty is overturned

It seems a lifetime ago when we were weekly up in arms about VAR. In reality, it has only been a month or so since the all-new common sense approach to refereeing was introduced this season and the video referee receded into the appropriate anonymity of Stockley Park. As such, we had almost forgotten what a good VAR rant was like.

But like a sepia-tinted nostalgia fest, here was one from the good old days, designed to baffle and infuriate in equal measure, on which the match turned on 61 minutes. Adam Armstrong it was who broke dangerously into the City penalty area and Kyle Walker who dived in somewhat recklessly in an attempt to tackle.