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If the argument is that this was offside and Salah should have been offside then I get it.


"If the pass, attempt to gain possession or clearance by the player in control of the ball is inaccurate or unsuccessful, this does not negate the fact that the player 'deliberately played' the ball."

That's what the rule says. He deliberately touched the ball. Then they add all this subjective shit like time to move, react etc.. so they can qualify it and make it up as they go along.

Can we just go back to if you were offside when the ball was played, you were offside? No fcuking about with new phases, deliberate touches or any of that shite.
 




If the argument is that this was offside and Salah should have been offside then I get it.


This is where it’s subjective then, because he could have cleared it just fine in my opinion, he attempted to and played it poorly.
 
Salah's IMO was deemed to be more him intercepting a 'pass'. This one is just fired at him with little chance of him being able to control the ball so doesn't reset the phase of play.
Hmm perhaps, I still don't think thats right, Salah one the defender was properly stretched and had to act because of Salahs run, and this one the defender took a positive action to clear a cross.

I actually think both should be classed as offside. Inconsistency drives me insane, that Dale Johnson post seems to explain it quite well.
 
Hmm perhaps, I still don't think thats right, Salah one the defender was properly stretched and had to act because of Salahs run, and this one the defender took a positive action to clear a cross.

I actually think both should be classed as offside. Inconsistency drives me insane, that Dale Johnson post seems to explain it quite well.
Like Rashford v City, Salah didn't interfere with his ability to do so though.
 
Not even a replay of the Carroll tackle on eriksen. Looked a red to me in real time
 
Because Toti was deemed to make a deliberate action, resetting the phase of play, making Salah onside.
So did the touch tonight. In fact both clearances were fecking awful. I can’t see a difference between them
 
Because Toti was deemed to make a deliberate action, resetting the phase of play, making Salah onside.
But how was that clearance not deliberate? It was a positive action where he cleared it, it didn't just hit him out of nowhere. He just made a hash of it.

I sense that might be where we disagree.
 
There's a massive difference between the two mate, The ball was fired at the reading defender from close range.
Close? You may watch it again. It was far enough away he altered his stride and moved his leg backwards to get to the ball. It was his choice to play it.
 
Close? You may watch it again. It was far enough away he altered his stride and moved his leg backwards to get to the ball. It was his choice to play it.
IMO it's more deflected off the Reading player than anything. The Wolves player clearly tried to head it away or to a teammate. Subjective though I guess and I don't think it's a bad decision.
 
There's a massive difference between the two mate, The ball was fired at the reading defender from close range.

It wasn’t “fired at him”, it was an attempt to play a low ball to the back post. It travelled some. Enough for him to attempt a clearance, that he massively cocked up.
 
It wasn’t “fired at him”, it was an attempt to play a low ball to the back post. It travelled some. Enough for him to attempt a clearance, that he massively cocked up.
It was close/quick enough for him to not be able to sort his feet out, which made it not a deliberate action.
 
Just curious, could their goal be called back due to a foul in build up? If you watch replay one of the Reading players is holding Maguire and then full fist of his shirt, when he’s trying to get out to the attacker that actually scored.

I’m not saying it should be disallowed, just curious if that is something that VAR could interject in. Seems like it should because if it was the other way a penalty could be given. Wondering if they could call a goal back on a corner for a foul, as it’s the same result…a goal given or not.

Seriously, this is just my curiousity now at this point of what can be intervened.
 
Just curious, could their goal be called back due to a foul in build up? If you watch replay one of the Reading players is holding Maguire and then full fist of his shirt, when he’s trying to get out to the attacker that actually scored.

I’m not saying it should be disallowed, just curious if that is something that VAR could interject in. Seems like it should because if it was the other way a penalty could be given. Wondering if they could call a goal back on a corner for a foul, as it’s the same result…a goal given or not.

Seriously, this is just my curiousity now at this point of what can be intervened.

Yes if same phase of play and a 'clear and obvious error' in not giving the foul.
 
It was close/quick enough for him to not be able to sort his feet out, which made it not a deliberate action.
Him not being able to sort his feet out is a consequence of being a shit defender. Not that he couldn’t have done it.
 
To be fair could it be close enough to the goal for this to apply? It was just outside the box as well