I thought it looked like Salah punched the ball forward instead of heading it on the Robertson goal. The replays showed it twice and the announcer even inferred a chalking off, but it didn't ever get re-looked at.

Sure seems like that goal could have gone away but VAR looked away

Edit: Maybe this? "New handball law states if it's not intentional AND the player handballing doesn't go on to score, it's not a handball."

But how is even intentionality adjudicated?

But only a handball by the goal scorer is negated now.

Any other handball in the buildup has the normal handball criteria applied to it. 'Deliberate' is one of those criteria, but it's the same as any other situation.

The handball did not lead to a goal. Had it gone in, it would have been disallowed.

Instead it was a ball that hit a hand...which is not in itself a reviewable incident.

I think he was trying to head it and his hand was in a somewhat natural position. The contact between head/hand almost looked simultaneous to me. Either way, had the ball gone in from that, it would've been reversed. (Well, I say that, but you never know with this horseshit VAR process in the PL.) Because he didn't score and it didn't appear to be intentional, play was allowed to continue and the resulting goal stood.

To answer your question, I think it tends to be very obvious when it is intentional. Salah's motions looked natural to me, but I admit to being biased.

Stupid and dangerous challenges, both of them. Just look at the USMNT friendly last night - the referee didn't even hesitate on a high stud challenge above the ankle. In a friendly.

And the Jota foul was indeed just that.

English officiating is wildly inconsistent. Kante got away with a handling earlier today that should have been a sending off for DOGSO.

I can see why Tierney called them both yellow. Either could have been shown red.

However, the only way to reconcile the VAR reversal is that Kane was involved in one challenge and not the other.

But I will disagree that either could be called a yellow card. Both were excessive force and endangering the safety of the opponent.

Yes they're both reckless challenges. Kane's was sloppy and the more dangerous of the two. Robertson, having already been kicked in the face and been on the receiving end of Kane's challenge surely made it a point to put in a big swipe. The problem with his challenge is that the player made an obvious attempt to shield the ball (not actually playing the ball) from Robertson. So he essentially stepped into a hard challenge. The funny thing is that Robertson (fortunately) avoided the contact and probably saved himself from serious injury and Kane from a card. The Tottenham player, Royal, looked for the contact and got it.

Meanwhile dipshit Tierney thought that Jota intentionally tried to draw a penalty so he didn't call a the penalty. I mean, Jota is clearly trying to score. But even still. Since when is a player not entitled to a penalty when he gets fouled trying to draw a penalty. Laughable stuff today.

And doesn't entitle the opponent to kick through your leg :) It's just good positioning.

And Jota was trying to draw a foul...which he did. It's not like he pulled a Kane, stepped in front of the defender and threw himself to the ground with his hands up in the air. Like a little bitch.

In judging the fouls it is relevant to not the situation at the time of the challenge. One a player is stepping into a harsh challenge. The other the player is jumping out of it. Robertson’s was reckless and became dangerous when Royal stepped into it. Kane’s was reckless and dangerous the moment he went in. Fortunately, Robertson avoided the injury.

As for Jota I have doubts that he tried to draw the penalty. Again, fair play if he did. But this is a guy that’s not afraid to piss off Ronaldo by not passing. Who blasted one passed Pickford from a similar position. I’m not convinced he’s going to give Salah a pen if he’s got the slightest opening for a shot.

As one of the Spurs twitter accounts said, different rules today for the English captain vs. the Scottish captain. My Arsenal son said that Kane getting special treatment is a general complaint from many fans.

Allison had a howler to allow the second goal. That's at least the second time this year he got burned coming way out on a ball. Spurs didn't let Salah beat him.

They would've been down by 3 or 4 without his performance. To make that mistake and cost the team 2 points is really tough. I think he was a bit more on edge as Spurs had been getting over the top of Konate and Matip with relative ease at times. I was too angry to watch in detail to see if there was a bit of a hop to throw him off, but he needed to just put that in the stands instead of whatever it is he was trying to do.

All maniacal behavior is excusable.