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I’ve seen everything now.... offside by a head (literally) on the floor warrants a disallowed goal despite IMO he’s not interfering with play.

Jon Moss at the centre of controversy again from the VAR booth.

The penalty was correct from Atkinson, who’s had hardly anything else to do.

Quote from: TheThingFromLewes on Wed 01 Jul 2020 21:12

I’ve seen everything now.... offside by a head (literally) on the floor warrants a disallowed goal despite IMO he’s not interfering with play.

Jon Moss at the centre of controversy again from the VAR booth.

The penalty was correct from Atkinson, who’s had hardly anything else to do.

Except being incompetent in adding the appropriate ammount of time in the 1st half
 

My initial view was that the shot had hit Antonio on the way through, in which case he was offside.  But no matter what replay I watched I can't see any evidence of that, and I certainly don't think he was interfering with an opponent.

Completely agree on the time keeping.  VAR review took 3.5 minutes, and from stopping play for the water break to restarting was over two minutes, so added time of 3 minutes was massively short.  I've said it before, but I suspect the TV companies are influencing this as it is happening in every single game.  The Everton vs Leicester game prior to this had a 2.5 minutes VAR review and an equally long drinks break and it only had two minutes added.

Looking at the replays, it seemed to me that the ball was kicked against Antonio's body or legs as he lay on the ground and the "goal" was then scored from the rebound, in which case, Antonio has to be deemed offside, in my opinion, as he's played the ball albeit inadvertently. I don't think the GK's line of vision had much to do with it.