People keep going on about the penalty decision. What really hurt was Liverpool being given time to regroup. They were rattled and we looked like scoring one or two more. It was close to the 80 minute mark when the incident happened. What was appalling was the sheer amount of time that transpired as Friend and VAR chatted about what to do. It went on for at least 5 minutes! Liverpool players rushed around Klopp for water and team-talk. Both Friend and his VAR mate were equally at fault. The VAR decision for Friend to view the footage strongly implies that he got his original decision wrong. He gave the penalty because he's a gutless coward because that's what all the gutless refs will do - they will agree with VAR. But that wasn't what killed our comeback - even if the penalty was missed, Liverpool were given time to regroup and the momentum was stopped. I noted that the time was 80 minutes when the incident took place, and showed 90 minutes when the penalty was scored. Did we get the TEN MINUTES that was wasted, in Liverpool's favour, by Friend and VAR? No - SIX minutes. Friend needs to be sacked. He should have dismissed the VAR request and played on, because in the context of the game Palace's momentum and Liverpool's disarray were the main factors. I have been watching VAR now and it favours the big teams - so what's the point?