Manchester United’s controversial goal sparks debate in the football community

The football society is in an uproar following Manchester United’s derby day win over City.

City went ahead in the 60th minute as Jack Grealish came off the seat to head them into the lead but United dug heavy to come back.

United’s equalizer by Bruno Fernandes was initially ruled out for offside against Marcus Rashford but VAR overturned the on-field decision.

Two minutes later, Rashford scored the winner and at the final whistle, the City players surrounded the referee to protest about that equalizer.

In the BT studio, Rio Ferdinand and Paul Scholes recapitulated the rules, explaining why the goal stood.

The drama didn’t end there though, as the players continued to moan in their post-match discussion alongside Pep Guardiola who told, “We know who we play, we know where we play.”

In the Final Score studio, Martin Keown and Rachel Brown-Finnis agreed with Guardiola with Keown telling, “I think he’s right… it 

assuredly

contrived the goalkeeper, Ederson comes out to contract with the on-dashing Rashford and he leaves it for Fernandes. VAR didn’t look at the goalkeeper.”

After the match, City defender Akanji raved, “To be polite the first goal is a joke, that is allowed like this. I saw Rashford, he was plainly offside, so I played him offside. He runs up for the last second and he stops when the ball is in front of him and he’s right in front of Eddy, ready to score the goal because Bruno Fernandes is howling at him.”

Rashford defended himself and the goal succeeding in the match saying, “I thought I went a bit 

timely so I didn’t run. If I ran for the ball I would have just taken it or shot or passed. I thought I was offside so I didn’t hold the ball. That’s all I can do in that condition and then it’s up to the referee and linesman. In my opinion, I wasn’t involved in the play. I felt like it should have nestled.”

Ten Hag

revealed that if that conclusion had

happened and he was on the losing side, he would not be happy, “I could see on the other side that it confused the backline, that was clear. It is also the rule. I wouldn’t be cherry if it was my team as well if we accepted a goal like this. I can see the disappointment on the other side, but I can also see the referee did well.”

The rest of the football community weighed in, with Petr Cech taking to Twitter to say, “The first United goal just proved the people who make the rules don’t understand the game.”

Regardless of the uproar, Manchester United won’t be bothered as they took all three points and obtained swaggering rights over their proximate.


Comments

Post a Comment

If you have any doubts, please let me know

Popular posts from this blog

Ziyech has improved, but rebuild means he has to go

Hakim Ziyech to permit Chelsea this window, and for me, it should not even be a dispute. We have just signed three strikers in the shape of Mykhailo Mudryk, Joao Felix, and Noni Madueke. Our squad is now bloated, exceptionally in the attack. We cannot roster them all currently in our Champions League squad, a player or two needs to be immolated (not physically). We are also probably signing 1/2 more players this window. Until the World Cup, I think lovely much every Chelsea fan would have told yes to selling Ziyech, including the player himself (still believe he wants to leave now). But now, I’ve seen calm a few interrogating it off the back of a good World Cup and a few satisfactory games for Chelsea. He’s been great in spells, granted, but the inconsistencies are still clear to me. We cannot sell Christian Pulisic this month because he has a long-term scratch and no club will buy him. So it has to be Ziyech I’m nervous. As I’ve said, I totally  treasure what he does bring, and wh...
Read more

Erik ten Hag’s tactical genius brings Man United victory against Leeds United

Erik ten Hag masterminded an improbable Manchester United win at Elland Road this afternoon later a wound-ravaged side looked to be heading for a stalemate against a brave Yorkshire team buoyed by the combative crowd. United was without Casemiro, Christian Eriksen, Antony, Scott McTominay, Donny van de Beek, and Anthony Martial for the risky stumble over the Pennines. By the hour mark, Leeds looked the most probable to take the three points. With Jadon Sancho looking to be the star most probable to turn it around for United and center-onward Wout Weghorst looking lost, Ten Hag’s double change in the 61st minute changed the course of the sport. Sancho was replaced by juvenile Alejandro Garnacho, who has been disheartening in the last couple of games, while Tyrell Malacia was changed by Lisandro Martinez, pushing Luke Shaw back out to left back. To many fans’ astonishment, Weghorst stayed on. Garnacho replaced Marcus Rashford on the left pinion, who moved up front. Bruno Fernandes moved ...
Read more

Chelsea’s change of shape in-game is key

Chelsea beat Bournemouth 2-0 on Tuesday evening in their first game back later the World Cup interrupt. It was a much-needed win and a clean sheet after stumbling form and poor performances before the break. There was one key element for me that I noticed that really helped Chelsea get the edge over Bournemouth and make it a pretty straightforward game for them in the end, and that was the in-game exchange of shape. We are starting to see elements come into our play that has clearly been implemented by Graham Potter and his team, and the shape is one of them. I also incorporated about four moves in the first half that Chelsea made that were quick one-touch passing that set us up for a savage within seconds. We have rarely seen this at Chelsea in recent seasons, with our possession play often being too slow and too labored. It was  invigorating to see some quick fluctuation and players also taking on those hard and riskier passes; that is what we need to be seeing much more, worryin...
Read more