Apparently not....there was no camera angle showing the offside player so VAR couldn't overrule the on field call
'apparently'?...more like 'conveniently'...when you consider the other half dozen or so fouls that either weren't given to Wolves or bizarrely given TO Liverpool... Another question being, why doesn't a PL club have sufficient cameras to support the VAR?
Why? The Laws are quite clear that a player isn't penalised if an opponent deliberately plays the ball.
Because Salah gained an advantage from being in an offside position, if he hadn't been there Toti would not have attempted to play the ball.
That's one of the issues with the offside laws. Happens regularly but it is (under the rules) a legit goal.
Bent. As. ****. On a serious note though, it's extremely unfair to expect these teams to operate on a level playing field. How are teams that have benefitted from corruption for decades expected to adjust to fair decisions?
please log in to view this image There's no camera angle! **** off. Merseyside Mike Dean to the rescue.
There's a head right under the scoreline there which is well onside before the ball is played back out, who's is it because the lino in that half of the pitch was on the other side. Bent as ****.
I'll be honest, I think that I agree with you, but I don't completely understand what you're saying. Bent as ****, though. Probably.
Only that there was nobody else in that part of the field so the head can only belong to the corner kicker and is well onside.
Angles or not, why wasn't that a second phase of play? The defender clearly attempts a clearance and the ball comes back in as a totally distinct second pass. At the moment the goalscorer was (dubiously) offside, he wasn't interfering with play.
So basically.... - The lino was clearly wrong, there was no offside. - VAR took just a minute to determine there were no 'angles' to force them to overturn the decision. (Yet happily spent 5 minutes desperately trying to find a reason to disallow one of our goals this year) - Liverpool benefitted... Did I miss anything?
The goalscorer wasn't offside at any point. The assistant ref flagged the corner taker offside when the ball went back to him. The still that @PleaseNotPoll posted appears to show his head in a position where he must have been onside but it's hardly surprising if the VAR protocol requires the whole player to be in shot before they can overturn an infield decision. Without VAR the goal is disallowed anyway.
Doesn't look like he did to me. No flag and heading back for kick-off. Watch the ref on this angle, though: He tells the lino to put his flag up. He's in absolutely no position to do so.
Leeds go full on Royal / Sessegnon in defence to a Cardiff side who ain't scored in 350 mins ... now 2 nil
