Manchester City wrongly concedes a goal in draw

After failing to convince Premier League rivals of the need for VAR, Manchester City has contributed more evidence why the technology is needed. It came at the cost of dropping two points early in its title defense.

The champions fell behind at Wolverhampton on Saturday in London when Willy Boly used his arm to divert the ball into the net when attempting to meet Joao Moutinho’s cross with a header. That was clear from the replays but England is the only major European league that has yet to allow referees to defer to a video assistant referee for a second opinion.

With City at least recovering to draw 1-1 — through Aymeric Laporte’s header — City manager Pep Guardiola kept his cool. In public, at least.

While City backed the introduction of VAR, it requires at least 14 of the 20 clubs to approve any changes in the league. And when it came to a vote in April, the majority of clubs determined that further improvements were required after advanced testing this season.

RONALDO SCORELESS

Two games, zero goals. Cristiano Ronaldo is finding life in Serie A harder than he might have expected.

The Portugal forward again drew a blank as Juventus beat Lazio 2-0 in Turin, Italy, thanks to goals from Miralem Pjanic and Mario Mandzukic.

Ronaldo left Real Madrid in the offseason in a Serie A record 112 million euro (then $131.5 million) deal, but has yet to fully adapt to Italian football after also failing to score on his debut last week as Juventus won 3-2 at Chievo Verona.

He was largely anonymous in the first half and had only one touch in the opposition box.