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Clattenburg: Mane was out of the game, but the law must be changed
Mark Clattenburg stole the show in 2007 with a highly controversial umpiring display at a Merseyside Derby at Goodison Park and now the former Consett official has voiced his opinion on the latest eventful edition of the match.
The Daily Mail quotes him as saying:
“I once missed a Dirk Kuyt foul on Phil Neville in a Merseyside derby. I produced a yellow, but if I could have seen it again, on a courtside monitor, I would have improved it to red.
“At Goodison, VAR David Coote should have told referee Michael Oliver to look at his monitor.
“If Oliver had done it, I’m sure he would have sent Jordan Pickford off for his challenge on Virgil van Dijk.
“The VAR looked at the incident and decided it was not a red card infraction. I disagree.
“I also heard that Pickford couldn’t be fired because Van Dijk was out of the game, silly. Oliver hadn’t blown his whistle when Pickford pounced, so he could still have been punished.
“The VAR later confirming that Van Dijk was offside does not cancel a red.
“The bottom line is that Coote should have sent Oliver to his monitor. Since Van Dijk was injured, the referee had plenty of time to review the incident.
“Don’t blame the VAR, blame the law. Sadio Mane was called offside for Jordan Henderson’s goal and the Liverpool captain complained about the camera angle shown on television.”
“He suggested to officials ‘double the lines’ to get him out of the game. At the risk of ruining a good conspiracy, I’m afraid that’s not the case!
“It’s like watching a horse race in your living room: you may think your horse has won, then the finish in the photo shows that you lost.
“We see a certain angle on television and that can mislead you into thinking someone is out of the game.
“But the technology used by VAR is designed to draw parallel lines in the field. Triangulate an image that, rest assured, is not skewed.
“After that, it’s about finding the furthest points from the players. Mane’s was his sleeve, according to the new rules, and that was correctly measured against an Everton foot. So the Liverpool forward was off the mark. I play, but this doesn’t sit well with me.
“Our beautiful game is about goals and we do not want to see them discarded by a millimeter here or there. It is the law that you have to look at, rather than the application of VAR.”
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