straight to your inboxRiyad Mahrez’s disallowed goal has exposed a major flaw in the new handball law, said former top referee Dermot Gallagher.Manchester City were denied a fifth goal, which would have put the cherry on their demolition of Premier League champions Liverpool after the video assistant referee (VAR) spotted that the ball had struck Phil Foden ’s arm as Mahrez raced through to stick the ball in the net.
But it failed to take into account the fact that Foden, who had done brilliantly to free Mahrez, was hacked down from behind by Fabinho, causing him to fall into the path of his own pass, which hit his arm.Under the new laws, referee Anthony Taylor had no choice but to rule out the goal, as any goal which was scored, or.
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