To be fair the officials change the rules weekly so I can't see why not.
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Academy award winning stuff from Oodegard. This trying to stop the game from fake head injuries needs to be stopped.
Clearly hit in the face, and was on the ground holding his checks notes face. How was that fake again?
Where was the outrage earlier when the Ipswich player wasn't hit in the head and was on the ground and had play stopped for a head injury?
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He got a little tap in the chest by a flailing hand. I would expect better of Ødegaard.
The concussion protocols were designed to protect player's well-being. There should be post-match reviews and bans for players faking head injuries.
Corner FC getting the job done without needing to be their best at what they’re good at.
Did like their rehearsing the “park the bus” routine late bravely defending against the imposing Ipswich outfit.
Certainly right in the title mix even without their best player.
Did like their rehearsing the “park the bus” routine late bravely defending against the imposing Ipswich outfit.
Certainly right in the title mix even without their best player.
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Looks like a ****up to me. Salah's right leg seems to be ahead of Nunez and the VAR operator seems to have drawn the line on the defender, not on Salah.
Can't remember if Nunez touched the ball either, I thought the cross went behind him.
Except the replay clearly showed hand to face. And he didn't go down faking a concussion to stop play. He went to ground after getting backhanded. No different to when the Ipswich player went to ground after an accidental hit to the throat from Havertz. Or was he faking too?
So even if your idea for bans for faking head injuries was a thing (and it should be) the only person who would banned was the Ipswich player in the first half.
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One nil toooooo The Arsenal 
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He's ahead of the ball and the defender though? Has nothing to do with Salah's right leg.
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Nunez is ahead of the ball. Salahs leg is irrelevant.
Isn’t it measured from where Salah makes contact with the ball ie his left foot or from the second last defender, whichever is closer to the goal line?
Nunez also made a play at the ball.
I do have a problem with how they interpret the position of the lines. Nunez is leaning forward towards the ball, however the lines drawn down to the ground from his upper arm appears to be drawn to a point slightly behind his left boot. Could make a case that the line could be drawn dead on the blue line.
On the whole, think this is a marginal offside, but it grates when you look at some of the crap VAR mistakes that do get made.
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My mistake, I looked at Salahs right leg as the offside point.
All this aside, Nunez doesn't actually play the ball from what I can tell, goes behind him and is cleared by an opposing defender to Gakpo who finishes. Not sure how Nunez was even deemed to be involved in play on this one.
These last few posts have really made me doubt my understanding of the rules, which I thought I had a solid grasp of
My understanding has always been you must be in line or behind the ball (assuming there is no defender playing you on). It has nothing to do with where the teammate who is playing you the ball is standing but where the ball is.
Nunez is clearly ahead of the ball and just ahead of the defender, therefore is correctly flagged for offside. Regardless of him not making contact with the ball, it is reasonable to determine he is making a play for the ball (either trying to directly play it or dummy it, with Nunez you can never know). The decision is fine IMO.
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Ball was passed forward.
Everton have already been doing God's work by taking points of Arsenal, Chelsea and Man City. If Dyche rolls out the red carpet for Liverpool when they play, he can have a statue outside Anfield.
To be fair a "new manager bounce" is the last thing united needs.
Amorim proving all the players are duds is the best thing that could happen for them.
Yeah you’ve got it right, that’s what I was clumsily saying re the Salah left foot contact on the ball rather than the right foot closer to the goal.These last few posts have really made me doubt my understanding of the rules, which I thought I had a solid grasp of
My understanding has always been you must be in line or behind the ball (assuming there is no defender playing you on). It has nothing to do with where the teammate who is playing you the ball is standing but where the ball is.
Nunez is clearly ahead of the ball and just ahead of the defender, therefore is correctly flagged for offside. Regardless of him not making contact with the ball, it is reasonable to determine he is making a play for the ball (either trying to directly play it or dummy it, with Nunez you can never know). The decision is fine IMO.
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Bang on.
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Or are they proving he is a dud because they're doing worse under him than EtH?
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There’s a lot of shit happening at the club right now that it’s going to get a lot worse before it gets better, harsh to judge Amorim yet.
As he’s said, we can stop what we’re trying to do and cope (As ETH did, completely stopped his style and wielded to player power) but be here in the same shitstorm again next season with zero progress, or go through more suffering now but be better for it in the long run.
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