But we literally have a system that is designed to allow referees to correct mistakes. What is clear and obvious? What needs to happen for it to be clear and obvious? Does he have to break his leg?
The key thing is, the VAR can only make a suggestion, the decision rests with the on-field ref. So purely speculating, the VAR might have said it's a foul on Sunday, but if Atkinson doesn't want to change his mind, the goal stands. Which seems mad (if that were the case), but that's the system we currently have, a sort of half-way house which satisfies nobody. Marvellous!