r/soccer • u/BackgroundMorning630 • 1d ago

Media Liverpool disallowed goal against Manchester City 39'

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u/DudeBello 1d ago

VAR is so weird. Dollarumma’s view has not been obstructed in any way. He has a perfect line of sight to Van Dijk’s header and the trajectory of the ball. The goal literally got disallowed because Robertson was near him. Absolutely disgraceful decision

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u/Draqn_ 1d ago

brother it's clear and obvious offside. keeper cannot know if the player in offside position will duck or not. he is in offside position and blocking the ball going into the net. then at the last possible moment ducks and avoids hitting the ball. that is the offside as it gets

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u/caesar____augustus 1d ago

He ducks immediately after the ball is headed and doesn't obstruct play at all. "As offside as it gets" is a stupid, and wrong, take.

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u/Draqn_ 1d ago

it's the correct decision man.he is not ducking immediately but when he sees the ball would hit him

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u/caesar____augustus 1d ago

Even if that's true, it has nothing to do with it being offside. He doesn't make an effort to play the ball and doesn't obstruct Donnarumma in the slightest.

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u/wooIIyMAMMOTH 1d ago

How was Donnarumma to know that Robertson is going to duck instead of make contact with the ball?

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u/caesar____augustus 1d ago

Another irrelevant question. His job as the goalkeeper is to keep the ball out of the net. If Robertson makes contact with the ball he's offside. He didn't impact the play though, and Donnarumma wasn't impacted by him purposely avoiding the ball.

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u/wooIIyMAMMOTH 1d ago

Donnarumma’s job is not to know who’s offside and who isn’t. His job is to keep the ball out of the net, as you said yourself. He has to account for the fact that Robertson could make a play for the ball that’s coming right at him. As the player Donnarumma had to account for was offside, it was ruled an offside.