Sadly I think Atkinson got the decision at least half right: it was a deliberate handball by Bobby in my opinion, so the goal couldn't stand. The right decision would have been a free kick to us cos Dier both fouled Bobby and also handballed first. If Atkinson had disallowed the goal but given us the free kick it would have been controversial - as in "why didn't he just play advantage and let the goal stand?" But playing advantage doesn't mean we can then handle the ball ourselves, which is what Bobby did. So, to me, the goal should have been disallowed and we should have got the poor consolation of a free kick.
Anyway, luckily it didn't matter, and we got the win we massively deserved.
I still hate VAR.
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