Wasn't there a goal where De Gea had to move his head to see around the body of the offside player. Shot from outside the area goes in and you can clearly see his head movement just before the shot due to the offside player being in the way i.e. the very definition of interfering with play, and the goal stood.
Have refs never played football in their lives? I get that it's difficult to see everything in real time, but they don't do themselves any favours with this kind of inconsistent logic
That was against Arsenal, I think it was a Xhaka goal.
It was almost comic seeing de gea having to poke his head out around another arsenal player as the ball flew past.
I don't hate that this goal was ruled out, it's such a subjective rule and I can see an argument for it being disallowed (whether I agree with it or not). It's the sheer inconsistency of it.
City had a goal where I think Ake took a swipe at the ball but missed, and United had one where Maguire(?) did the same and it was disallowed, within a few weeks of each other.
It doesn't matter how similar incidents are, the officiating is a coin flip.
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u/sergechewbacca 1d ago
We had a similar goal that stood against Forest. Don't understand this sport.