(PLO)- Why was Bruno Fernandes’ goal against Manchester City recognized even though Marcus Rashford was offside?
Last night (January 14), Manchester United excelled upstream defeating Manchester City 2-1 in the Manchester derby in round 19 of the Premier League at Old Trafford. Overall, MU had a very good match against Man City and the victory of the “red devils” was deserved even though it created a fierce controversy.
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After the first half drew 0-0, Jack Grealish concretized the pass as set by Kevin De Bruyne to head the opening goal 1-0 for the away team Man City. But within just 4 minutes, from the 78th to the 82nd minute, MU scored 2 goals to come upstream spectacularly with 2 goals from Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford.
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Close-up of MU’s controversial goal. PHOTO: BT SPORTS, GETTY |
However, Bruno Fernandes’ equalizer created a huge controversy. Specifically, in the 78th minute, from Casemiro’s pass, which tore the Man City defense, Rashford and Bruno both went down to receive the ball, Rashford fell into a very clear offside position. Rashford ran after the ball but did not touch the ball until Bruno (who was not offside) hit Ederson’s net to equalize 1-1 for MU.
Initially, the line referee raised an offside flag and did not recognize MU’s goal. But after VAR came into play, the referee recognized the goal to the amazement of everyone present on the field.
MU’s goal was recognized due to the revised football law. Accordingly, a player is in an offside position but if he does not touch the ball, does not obstruct the opponent’s clearance, does not obscure the opponent’s view, the goal will still be recognized.
However, this interpretation of the law did not convince both fans and football experts. After the match, on online forums, many fans, including MU fans, also said that MU’s goal should not have been recognized, although Rashford did not touch the ball, but ran after the ball and somewhat obstructed. judge the situation of the Man City defenders.
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Bruno Fernandes objected to the referee raising the flag to flag Rashford offside. PHOTO: GETTY |
Besides, there are also people who think that this is a completely valid goal of MU. The person with the above opinion is former Premier League referee Peter Walton. Mr. Peter Walton took out the law to explain this situation.
Peter Walton told BT Sports: ‘The rules of football have been revised to determine if Marcus Rashford touches the ball or if he interferes with the opponent playing the ball. He didn’t, so by law he did nothing wrong. That’s really Rashford’s very good way of handling the situation.”
Mr. Walton also believes that VAR will intervene to recognize the goal for MU, even though the line referee has previously raised the flag for offside. Walton added: ‘Well, I thought this was a (valid) goal.
You are absolutely right to say that Rashford moved with the ball but he did not touch the ball and did not actively play the ball. So even though Rashford was offside, when VAR looked at it and when the assistant discussed it with the referee Stuart Atwell, I thought it was a goal.
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Man City players protest against the referee’s decision to recognize the goal. PHOTO: GETTY |
Former player Jermaine Jenas commented on the match on television, also praising the wise play of avoiding touching the ball of number 10 MU when adding: ‘Marcus Rashford is really very smart and the Man City players are not satisfied. I think it was the right decision. They are still arguing with the referee, but for now the referee will not change his mind.
Rashford has been clearly offside, no doubt about it and he probably knows it. Bruno Fernandes yelled at Rashford to get him to leave and he didn’t actually touch the ball. It was an excellent shot. Old Trafford has come to life and it came out of nowhere.
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Rashford scored an emotional 2-1 scoreline for MU. PHOTO: GETTY |
After that controversial goal 4 minutes, it was Marcus Rashford who made the score 2-1 for Manchester United after an assist from Alejandro Garnacho. With this result, Manchester United is firmly in third place on the Premier League table with 38 points, 1 point behind second team Man City and 6 points behind leaders Arsenal (6 points, less than 1 game).
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