That's not why it was given though.I'm undecided.
He was in an offside position. He affected play by pulling his legs out of the way in order to allow the deflection to go into the net. Had he not, the shot would have hit him and offside given surely?
That's not why it was given though.
A case could be made for offside (a fairly weak case IMO)I'm undecided.
He was in an offside position. He affected play by pulling his legs out of the way in order to allow the deflection to go into the net. Had he not, the shot would have hit him and offside given surely?
A case could be made for offside (a fairly weak case IMO)
But that's not the point. This was not a factual call. No way can anyone say that a C&O mistake had been made.
I don’t think VAR got it wrong. The referee got it wrong because he makes the final call. The VAR is there to assist the referee and after looking at it he should have stuck with his original decision. Not offside!I'm baffled as to how they have reached that decision. For it to be offside for interfering with an opponent it has to meet one of these conditions ...
• preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the opponent’s line of vision or
• challenging an opponent for the ball or
• clearly attempting to play a ball which is close when this action impacts on an opponent or
• making an obvious action which clearly impacts on the ability of an opponent to play the ball
Keeper has full sight of the shot at all times. He hasn't challenged an opponent. He hasn't attempted to play the ball and has actually done the opposite. And his movement has zero impact on De Gea's ability to play the ball as by that time he has already dived the wrong way.
The original decision by Con Hatzidakis was spot on and I suspect we will have another "VAR got it wrong" message coming out from PGMOL.
Who’s the VAR this week SAF??