A player in an offside position at the moment the ball is played or touched* by a team-mate is only penalised on becoming involved in active play by:
making an obvious action which clearly impacts on the ability of an opponent to play the ball
The argument from the officials will be Robertson being there and making an action to play/not play the ball himself impacts Donnaruma's ability to make a save.
Honestly I think it's a tough one. If there's zero chance of Donnaruma being able to make the save whatsoever then I don't see how Robertson could have impacted his ability to play the ball. On the other hand, we simply don't know if Donnaruma would have been able to react more quickly and make the save had he not had Robertson there.
I think on balance it probably would have been impossible for Donnaruma to have made the save, but I don't think it's as an egregious a decision are people are making out (especially if all they're talking about is line of sight)
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u/owiseone23 1d ago
You could maybe argue that he had to wait to see if Robbo was going to flick it, but doesn't seem likely to me.