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‘Man Utd’s goal vs Liverpool was offside!’ says respected referee!

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Howard Webb believes the goal should not have stood

Ex-Premier League referee Howard Webb believes that Manchester United’s equaliser against Liverpool on Sunday should not have stood.

United were pushing for a leveller late on after James Milner put Liverpool ahead in the first half with a penalty.

They finally made the breakthough thanks to Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s header with 7 minutes left to play.

However,  pundits and fans noticed that in the build up to the goal, the match officials failed to spot Antonio Valencia standing offside when receiving.

Webb claims the reason for the poor decision was that assistant referee Mick McDonough was too far out of position to spot it,

“Because he [McDonough] is too far down the touchline, he cannot judge whether Antonio Valencia is just offside before he receives the ball, which he is,” Webb told The Times.

“In those circumstances, he gives the benefit of the doubt to the attacker.

“He will have known he lost his position at a crucial time.”

 

By Ben Kelly – @benkelly_10

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