The police arrested me by mistake the other day

[Ponietz]

6. Yes and VAR was highly unusual in its intervention

Meanwhile, Messi didn’t even get a yellow card for similar contact.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/soccer/balogun-red-card-draws-comparisons-to-unpunished-messi-play/ar-AA274ofh

Writing in The Athletic, former English Premier League referee Graham Scott said he believes Balogun's actions were “all part of the normal rough and tumble” of soccer, and the contact with Muharemovic was “accidental.” But he argues the Monaco striker is “a victim” of the modern VAR trend, because the slow-motion replay makes for “grim viewing.”

“I would prefer tackles like this to produce cautions at worst,” he argues. “Messi was let off completely, and there is nothing reckless about Balogun’s actions either.“

Fat orange MF bastard taints everything he touches.