The Emirates FA Cup Final Chelsea v Leicester City ** Spoilers ** [15th May 2021]
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Haha var
That wasn't really that close. It was offside. Imagine the controversy if the goal was given (var or no var) and Leicester went on to lose.
It was clearly offside.
You might want to look into the definition of clearly.
Indeed, been way tighter decisions in the league this season. Mane’s against Everton being one of the worst.
I've not seen it back on VAR as I wasn't concentrating, but the replays without the lines looked level to me. It all comes back to the point of offside - is it to stop goalhanging, or to punish people whose feet are too large?
Edit: to be clear, compared to some of the other decisions this season it's probably offside. But the rule as a whole, and the application of VAR to it, is absurd
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It was quite tight, but at the same time fairly easy to see it was offside without even need to draw lines.
It's the right decision given how VAR has been implemented, not that anyone likes VAR.
It's the right decision given how VAR has been implemented, not that anyone likes VAR.
Of all the offside decisions this season that was as clear as they come. No lines needed.
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Yes! Well done Leicester 
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Btec Klopp honeymoon period over.
So happy for Leicester City. There is a new club in the big six now. I will leave it to peoples imagination who has been replaced
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So happy for Leicester City. There is a new club in the big six now. I will leave it to peoples imagination who has been replaced
.We can have a debate about the wider issues of the offside rule another time but the law is what it is at the moment and relative to some of the decisions we've seen over the past 2 seasons, that wasn't massively close. There was clear daylight between the two lines, something that's not always been the case.
As unfortunate as it was for Chelsea, it would have been 10x more unfortunate for Leicester had the goal been given when he was offside.