Kokonut1307
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UEFA provided clarification for the Telegraph where they highlight that ref's are told to rule out goals that directly go in off the hand. Yesterday the ref clearly indicated that he can't see a hand ball and it came off his hip. First of all I find it ridiculous that he is shown the worst angle. This is down to the interpretation of the referee to apply the rule and depending on who it is you get a different outcome. Not surprising the rule is changing because there is no difference in the ball ultimately going in via the hand or from the hand assisting in the control of it. If he permitted the goal then his decision raises an important question about what is offside. Aguero was ruled offside, which was correctly overturned according to the rule. However, if we compare it to the hand ball offence by Llorente one can rightfully argue that Eriksen's initiated pass barely clipping the City player still would have made it to Aguero and provided no difference to the outcome. Should that be offside? He did not gain an unfair advantage, and in no way greater of an advantage than Llorente with his use of his arm permitting the correct ricochet for their goal. If we are applying offsides by the book then how did Son's goal in their home game count? Half his body is offside but it is not deemed as a clear enough for VAR to conclude it is an obvious error. Which part of the body do you count as offside, because they clearly looked at his feet only otherwise the conclusion would have been that he is offside. Harry Kane was offside vs Chelsea in the same manner as Son but people using VAR ignored that you can score with the upper half of your body. Then again Llorente being allowed to use his makes for the argument that under current rules you are allowed to use the arm in assistance to score. Yet again that means that Son is most definitely offside. Then we need to discuss the referee ignoring Rose effecting Bernardo's ability to score. He makes no contact with the ball, (referee did not give a corner hence indicating that Rose did not play the ball) but the referee decides that Rose flying into Bernardo is deemed as fair try at preventing a goal. The issue is not with VAR, but with application of the rules by referees