As for Man City’s controversial goal, this is the Premier League definition

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Premier League explains the controversial goal directly City of Manchester. The goal Man City won big at home Wolverhampton Games.

Man City won big, but it was also considered controversial, with a score of 2-1 at Molineux, Sunday afternoon (20/10/2024) WIB. John Stones’ header completed the comeback for The Citizens, who had quickly gone behind and then equalized through Josko Gvardiol.

Stones’ goal was in the spotlight as it was initially disallowed for offside. When he headed the ball, Bernardo Silva in a position close to goalkeeper Jose Sa and was deemed to be disturbing the goalkeeper.

But then VAR called on referee Chris Kavanagh to review the incident. He changed his decision and allowed the goal, reportedly because he saw that Bernardo Silva had not influenced enough the flow of play that led to the goal.

In the replay, Bernardo was actually moving away when Stones’ head came, and he was in a diving position. The Premier League also explained the referee’s decision to approve the goal.

“Stones’ goal was disallowed by an on-field decision as Bernardo Silva was offside and was deemed to be in the goalkeeper’s line of sight,” tweeted Premier League Match Centre. on X, formerly known as Twitter.

“VAR deemed that Bernardo Silva was not in the area and had no influence on the goalkeeper, and recommended a review of the field. The referee overturned his original decision and the goal was awarded over.”

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Stones’ goal was disallowed on the pitch as Bernardo Silva was offside and in the goalkeeper’s line of sight. The VAR considered that Bernardo Silva was not in the scene and had no effect on the goalkeeper and recommended on the pitch… pic.twitter.com/4o1AHBWyzb

– Premier League Match Center (@PLMatchCentre) October 20, 2024

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