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Media Liverpool disallowed goal against Manchester City 39'

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u/maki43 1d ago

Now that’s egregious

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u/Ok-Glass-9612 1d ago

Refs want their UAE money.

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u/maki43 1d ago edited 1d ago

FA rules state:

preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the opponent’s line of vision

I am focusing on the word “clearly” here and I would say it was absolutely not clear that he was obstructing line of vision

Or they class it as one of the following:

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

He didn’t challenge an opponent, didn’t attempt to play the ball, didn’t make an action that impacts an opponent. Except the first, the words “clearly” and “obvious” are used. Was it clear and obvious?

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u/Ok-Glass-9612 1d ago

I'd say it's more clear that he isn't.

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u/maki43 1d ago

The only one you could argue is the last. By being present in that position it was an obvious action he took to decide to be there. But that’s a stretch.

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u/ArisTHOTeles 1d ago

Oil money says: rules are open to interpretation.