Disallowed for offside after consultation with both linos
And that Denton is a spot on report on the whole thing. I watched on tv and couldn’t understand why they took as long as they did.I think we were very lucky as Armstrongs flick of his leg could have been seen as running actuon
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This will happen from time to time as long as the ambition from the lawmakers is to make the offside (and hands) laws as intricate as possible.
To be honest the City goal was very different and at the time the ball was played he was not interfering with play so that was the correct decision. As was this.
Totally agree. Though in the current climate of pedantic idiocy, we'd then wait 5 minutes while they checked whether a player was outside the box or one of his toes had crept a centimetre on to the line.
So a player gets to the byline, pulls it back for someone to shoot and score....and the goal is ruled offside because the player who pulled it back originally is now standing offside?
This. I’ve seen both BBC and Sky on tv this morning referring to a “hugely controversial” var call. It clearly wasn’t. Armstrong was offside. Clear as day. And by taking a defender with him on his run obviously was affecting play. Ridiculous amount of time taken to get to the right decision and once again Sky et al trying to whip up controversy where there is none.
The 'original' decision was not to allow it - lino flagged it as offside, even if he did take his time.
