Peter Drury. “This feels like Manchester United again.” How many times has he and other pundits said that since 2014? They love to say that shit.
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Was a City player close enough to Rashford to deem him interfering? I don’t think so and thought it would stand. For me a good decision.
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Utd 1 point behind city and lets start wanking in the title race.
City just crumbled. Halaand is no good in games where city have tough battles.
Not an ideal result for use…draw would have been better.
Now lets see if our midfield turn up today
Does he have to be? Is that the standard now?
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Also, if someone likes to make gif, there’s a decent one to be made of Pep hobbling and repeatedly hitting his calf, when he appeals for a penalty.
First line of the offside law.
Offside position
It is not an offence to be in an offside position.
There is no actual controversy.
Had akanji busted his arse to get back maybe Rashford would have impeded him, but he didnt and so he didnt.
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He shielded the ball until Bruno arrived and clearly the goalkeeper was confused as to whether Rashford was going to shoot or not.
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We’ve already got a gif for that.
Where is it?
Shielded from whom? What city defender defender tried to actually play it? None of them. They all just turned off, assumed Rashford was offside and didnt react the onside player running on to it and none of them were remotely close enough to Bruno to be affected by Rashford.
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Rupzz posted it about 20 minutes ago.
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So his run interfered the reading of the game. So he’s offside.
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The law says impact play…not how close a defender is to him.
He impacted the entire sequence of play, including shielding the ball
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Not the rule. Hasnt been for years.
You’re not making sense
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Howard Webb got on the phone to the referee and told him to allow it…
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You will not see a goal given like this in any top leagues in Europe.
This is why there’re very few English refs in international football
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A player in an offside position who doesnt touch the ball is only offside if he impacts the ability of a defender to play the ball. There is more nuance to it when dealing with a keeper being unsighted on a shot from a player in an offside position, but in a situation like Rashford’s typically the the offside player is going to have to physically prevent a city defender getting to the ball. That is the rule/interpretation and has been for years. You may not like it but it is how the game is actually refereed.
Which city player was actually prevented from defending Bruno because of Rashford? Turning off because you assumed the ref was going to blow the whistle doesnt count.
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