The fact that the second goal might have been contentious wasn’t even mentioned in the BBC write up

Posted by bluechris·September 20, 2026 12:34am

It didn’t affect the result and it’s not exactly the Manchester derby so I’m not expecting a huge reaction, but to not mention it is ridiculous 

Barry was hard done by in a similar ruling against Fulham last year, the game we won 2-0 but had the ball in the net 5 times. Given a toenail offside when not interfering before later in the phase scoring.

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Two things stood out for me. - MikeJ September 20, 2026 11:06am
- To be fair to Johnson he is on the move and ready to react….. - PaulSan September 20, 2026 9:17pm
If we had conceded a goal like that - JC September 20, 2026 10:02am
- Johnsom was not in line with the trajectory of the ball going in the net - not offside nt. - Steve J September 20, 2026 10:52am
  - But he was in the keeper's field of vision and prevented him coming out to challenge for the ball. n - Azul Real September 20, 2026 11:55am
    - nah the keeper was making no effort to come for the ball - Col1878 September 20, 2026 8:52pm
    - If that's how the rule will be interpreted - Paulo* September 20, 2026 2:01pm
    - The keeper was nowhere near the ball nor had an opportunity - Steve J September 20, 2026 12:05pm
- Johnson was offside but not interfering with play or the keeper - Tricky Trev September 20, 2026 10:14am
There wasn't anything contentious about it though. Offside and interfering with play. nt - evercelt September 20, 2026 7:31am
- Yeah. This basically nt - CushionsOnThePitch September 20, 2026 2:26pm
- We need Ste - but I remmeber last season LFC had a goal reviewed and - Steve J September 20, 2026 10:51am
- Debatable, but Johnson shouldn't have been standing there - Azul Real September 20, 2026 10:17am
  - And therein lies the issue with many of these decisions - they are subjective. - PaulSan September 20, 2026 10:27am
- re: There wasn't anything contentious about it though. Offside and interfering with play. nt - Sid_Ebay September 20, 2026 8:08am
  - Well the goalie couldn't move forward for a start. Knowing now where the ball went it doesn't - evercelt September 20, 2026 9:22am
  - After last weeks high profile VAR error for the Haaland goal….. - PaulSan September 20, 2026 9:15am
    - yeah the red card was a bit of a joke - Col1878 September 20, 2026 8:53pm
    - If only they dealt with diving like that every game. I think if you're deemed to have dived in - evercelt September 20, 2026 9:27am

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