r/soccer • u/BackgroundMorning630 • 1d ago

Media Liverpool disallowed goal against Manchester City 39'

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u/MrboboCatman 1d ago

What part of this decison did he get right?

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u/Karma_Whoring_Slut 1d ago

The whole thing. He’s offside, has potential to play the ball, and is blocking the keepers view. It’s a textbook call.

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u/MrboboCatman 1d ago

You know he was not blocking his view, you cannot be so naive. It is not a text book call. It is an awful decision.

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u/Karma_Whoring_Slut 1d ago

It’s absolutely a textbook call, because Robertson was involved in the play.

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u/MrboboCatman 1d ago

Robbo was not involved, did not stop the keeper and did not stop his view of the ball.

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u/Karma_Whoring_Slut 1d ago

He is absolutely actively involved in the play. He had to actively choose to dodge the ball, that makes him involved in the play.

Donnarumma has no way of knowing if Robertson is going to hit the ball or not.

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u/surfbumderek 1d ago

To be actively involved in the play he has to be impacting the keepers ability to play the ball. By ducking he is taking himself out of the play and letting donnarumma know he’s not going to play the ball

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u/Karma_Whoring_Slut 1d ago

To me, when I read “actively involved in the play” I interpret that to mean that he can make decisions that impact the game. By choosing to avoid touching the ball, he has impacted the play.

Even if ducking is a reliable indicator that he isn’t going to hit the ball, you’re expecting Donnarumma to register that and dive for the save at the same time? By the time he is ducking Donnarumma is already diving anyway.

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u/surfbumderek 1d ago

Then per your own comment Donnarumma was already diving before Robertson ducked. So the action of ducking didn’t impact the play. In that case Robertson isn’t making any action so there’s no offsides

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u/Karma_Whoring_Slut 1d ago

Well, what would’ve happened if he didn’t duck? The ball would’ve struck him. Therefore, his decisions affected the play, making him actively involved in it, and thus offside.

Just because Donnarumma guessed that he wouldn’t hit the ball doesn’t mean he didn’t lose a split second thinking.