What was the reason for 90 seconds added after the official 5 minutes - Wrath of the Barclay

What was the reason for 90 seconds added after the official 5 minutes

The Brighton equaliser seemed to be a few seconds before the end of 5 mins so guess its not timewasting,
Were there lots of substitutions?

Posted By: Kar1 on September 26th 2020 at 15:05:13

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So, how long after you've blown for full time can you give a penalty? (n/m) (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 26, 14:27:42
- What was the reason for 90 seconds added after the official 5 minutes (Other Football) - Kar1, Sep 26, 15:05:13
  - Might not be 5 minutes exactly though (Other Football) - mr carra, Sep 26, 15:41:47
    - Yeah, the referee is the sole arbiter of time (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 26, 15:48:59
  - I think this is beef about contradictions in the 'laws of the game' (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 26, 15:33:58
- Game isn't finished until the VAR review is complete (obviously) (Other Football) - mr carra, Sep 26, 14:35:46
  - That's ridiculous (n/m) (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 26, 14:38:24
    - VAR in that case was too slow. But the rule is clearly sensible (Other Football) - mr carra, Sep 26, 14:42:25
      - Why not just every decision reviewed after the game and get the teams back out (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 26, 14:54:20
        
        The whole point of VAR is to correct wrong decisions (Other Football) - mr carra, Sep 26, 14:58:54

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