Just watched Motd , he was ranked 1st in all categories for WHU as well as scoring from way outside the box and nearly repeating that goal with another attempt that hit the bar !
Carrick with an excellent start at Man U 2 goals , 3 chalked off for off side and about 6 saves by City keeper ! I don't think there was any chance he would have come to Saints with 4 4 2 !!!!
I know that but the auto system wasn’t working so they had to draw their own lines !! My point is without var or if there is doubt when done manually or the ref has to look at what is presented to him pitchside rather than seeing the same endless screen shots then it’s Bollox and a goal . If the game had gone on without var there would have been no problem and I would have watched the rest of the game 😊
It didn't look offside in any screen shots they showed us , the auto system failed so it was back to guesswork . Remember the attacker gets benefit of doubt rule ? That should apply , not a rule is a rule even if it's 0.5 mm bollox .
But watching the FA cup games this week there didn't seem to be any glaring errors by the refs and no suggestion that VAR would have saved any of the games ! There were times when I thought an offside may have been looked at by VAR but importantly there didn't seem any protests by the players they just got on with the game . I'm mainly judging this from Motd and the odd live game but it made the game more enjoyable . Last night after the VAR debacle I lost interest in the game and gave up before the end so missed the last goal !!