Cardiff City 0-2 Manchester City: 5 Talking Points

#1 Where's the VAR when you need it?

Bernardo Silva was robbed of a legitimate goal

Liverpool's 3-2 loss to West Bromwich Albion on Saturday grabbed the headlines for VAR's debut at Anfield. The technology produced two right results but it still received criticism for the duration of time taken to arrive at a conclusion.

In Cardiff, the VAR technology was not used but it would definitely have caused a difference because of two major incidents that took place.

In the 26th minute, Bernardo Silva scored a goal from outside the box which was instantly deemed offside by the linesman as he believed Leroy Sane was in an offside position, blocking the view of keeper Neil Etheridge. Replays revealed that the German was not offside as this wrong call would have been instantly corrected by VAR.

The second incident was the tackle on Leroy Sane as previously discussed. Lee Mason showed a yellow card to Joe Bennett but the use of technology would have instantly given the Cardiff defender his marching orders for his horrific tackle.

Whether of not VAR should be used in a football game is a discussion for another day, but at Cardiff, it would have definitely been in good use.