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LONDON (AP) — With VAR in its third weekend in the Premier League www.thetopsoccer.com/national-team-kit/italy , Manchester City and Tottenham now know just how high the threshold is for penalty calls to be overturned by video reviews.City was denied a penalty even when Bournemouth midfielder Jefferson Lerma stood on David Silva’s foot. The champions were leading at the time and Sergio Aguero went on to score his second goal in a 3-1 win.But Tottenham had no such good fortune against Newcastle later on Sunday. Trailing to Joelinton’s goal, Tottenham thought it had a late chance to grab an equalizer when Harry Kane tumbled after being impeded in the penalty area by Jamaal Lascelles.But referee Mike Dean had already let play continue without awarding a spot kick. And when the VAR review finally took place, the original decision was not overruled — indicating a lack of clear evidence the original decision was wrong — and Newcastle won 1-0.Tottenham lost its first match of the season a week after VAR did help the London club gain a point at the Etihad Stadium when a City handball was spotted in the run-up to what looked like being Gabriel Jesus‘ winner.City manager Pep Guardiola is exasperated by how VAR is being applied.“It was clear hands last game, clear hands. A penalty today? No, please,” Guardiola said sarcastically. “The challenge this season will be amazing for us after winning back-to-back two titles, the challenge will be great.”Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino wasn’t going to blame the application of the new technology.“I trust in the VAR,” Pochettino said. “I am happy to have VAR and more than happy that they check. But if it’s not a penalty you keep going.”There was one penalty awarded on Sunday, enabling Wolverhampton to grab a stoppage time equalizer against Burnley.Unlike in the City and Tottenham games, referee Craig Pawson had already pointed to the spot when Raúl Jiménez was fouled by Erik Pieters. Jiménez netted from the spot to cancel out Ashley Barnes’ strike and seal a 1-1 draw for Wolves.SILVA SERVICEOn his 400th City appearance Cheap Mexico Soccer Team Uniform , David Silva was as influential as ever in pulling the strings for his team.With City already leading through Aguero’s strike, Silva slipped in the ball for Sterling to get his fifth goal in three league games.It came just before Harry Wilson scored directly from a brilliant free kick to reduce the deficit back to a single goal before halftime.Then, after Silva was denied a penalty after being caught by Lerma, the Spaniard jinked into the penalty area to set up Aguero for City’s third.“He has a sense to move between the lines like nobody else in the world,” Guardiola said of Silva. “He is a fighter.”UNCERTAIN FUTURETottenham looks to Christen Eriksen to unpick teams like Silva does for City. That’s when the Dane is starting.Just like in the opening game against Aston Villa, Eriksen was only deployed in the second half as doubts linger over his future ahead of the transfer window closing on the continent in a week.“It is so difficult the situation,” Pochettino said.Unlike against Villa, when Eriksen’s arrival inspired a comeback, Tottenham couldn’t find a way to break through a resolute Newcastle.Kane barely got a touch in the opposition penalty area and Son Heung-min was lacking sharpness on his first appearance of the season after serving a suspension.Jan Vertonghen hasn’t been injured. But after being dropped from the squad against Villa, the defender has now watched successive games as an unused substitute.Davison Sanchez fared no better in central defense www.thetopsoccer.com/national-team-kit/portugal , allowing Christian Atsu’s cross to fly over him as the unmarked Joelinton had the space to control the ball before striking past goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.BRUCE CELEBRATESRafa Benitez had to wait until the 11th match of the season to win in the Premier League last year. Steve Bruce has collected three points in his third, after taking charge of his hometown club when Benitez grew frustrated with the limited resources and took a job in China.Bruce hopes the victory at Tottenham will earn him a bit of respect.“Whoever was going to replace Rafa was going to have a tough time,” Bruce said. “The easier thing to do would have been to say ‘No’ to the challenge.“But I’m as determined as everyone to take the club forward, and days like today … I’ll remember it a long time.” FIFA has imposed a life ban on a former member of its ethics committee who helped judge other soccer officials while himself taking bribes.Ariel Alvarado received at least $230,000 in bribes linked to marketing deals, for World Cup qualifying games and the Gold Cup from 2009 to 2011, while he was a member of FIFA’s ethics committee, soccer’s world body said Thursday.FIFA later appointed the Panama soccer federation president to its disciplinary committee.Alvarado was a member of the disciplinary panel in 2015 judging wrongdoing by others when he was indicted in a sprawling U.S. Department of Justice investigation. He was charged with racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies, though has yet to appear in an American court.The FIFA investigation into Alvarado used evidence “related to the jury trial that was held in the United States” two years ago Cheap Russia Soccer Team Uniform , the written verdict stated.That trial at federal court in Brooklyn led to convictions for former FIFA vice president Juan Angel Napout and Jose Maria Marin, who headed the 2014 World Cup organizing committee in Brazil.FIFA said its ethics committee judges have banned Alvarado for life, and fined him 500,000 Swiss francs ($510,000).“In order to have a sanctioning and a preventive effect, the fine should be higher than the benefit Mr. Alvarado obtained, as otherwise it would only amount to a reclaiming of the respective benefit,” the FIFA judges said.