Tring Wolf
MolMix Poster of the Season Winner 2011-2012 and r
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How can a VAR official decide whether a defender has deliberately played the ball or not? Are they mind readers?
Fabinho slides in to get the ball and knees it into Benzema’s path. For me that’s a goal.
Completely agree. And the touch before that has also come off a Liverpool player.
The rule can’t be that he didn’t intend to pass it to Benzema. Otherwise, theoretically any misplaced pass back to a keeper intercepted by a striker in an offside position would have to be disallowed as the defender didn’t intend to it.
Both Liverpool challenges were intentional attempts to tackle and win the ball.