{"id":298803,"date":"2023-11-09T21:25:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T21:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=298803"},"modified":"2023-11-09T21:25:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T21:25:29","slug":"mcmanaman-astounded-at-quansah-goal-vs-toulouse-being-disallowed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/mcmanaman-astounded-at-quansah-goal-vs-toulouse-being-disallowed\/","title":{"rendered":"McManaman 'ASTOUNDED' at Quansah goal vs Toulouse being disallowed"},"content":{"rendered":"
The decision to cancel Jarell Quansah’s late goal against Toulouse due to an Alexis Mac Allister handball astonished Steve McManaman – but other pundits thought it was the right call.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Quansah thought he had his first Reds goal when he bundled the ball home in the final minute of added time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, referee\u00a0Georgi Kabakov was called over to the screen and overturned the goal due to an Mac Allister handball some time before in the build-up to the goal.<\/p>\n
The decision denied Liverpool a dramatic late comeback as they slumped to a 3-2 defeat in the Europa League – just their second loss of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
McManaman told TNT Sports: ‘This was seven or eight movements before the goal even happened. He\u2019s given handball! What on earth. Talking about re-reffing the game. That happened\u2026 I\u2019m astonished. Chest onto the arm but then the game carries on and there\u2019s a thousand things that happen after that.<\/p>\n
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Jarell Quansah was denied a first Liverpool goal after a controversial VAR call against Toulouse<\/p>\n
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A handball by Alexis Mac Allister in the build-up was used to justify cancelling the equaliser<\/p>\n
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‘Astounded by that. This reffing in Europe has not been seen in its greatest light over these last couple of days at all.<\/p>\n
‘I get if it\u2019s handball then right into the back of the net but the referee has just missed it and the game carries on and a thousand things happen.’<\/p>\n
In TNT Sports’ post-match analysis, McManaman’s opinions werenot endorsed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rachel Brown-Finnis said: ‘[It was] Rightly ruled out in my opinion.’<\/p>\n
Joe Cole said: ‘It\u2019s a handball. I\u2019m sure we all were wondering when the VAR were looking at it as it\u2019s such a long time from the actual goal, but the referee got it right. Much to the dismay of Liverpool fans and player, it was a handball.’<\/p>\n
While the ball did strike MacAllister’s arm, debate will rage around whether it was fair to scrub off the goal when the infringement occurred so long before the goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The referee had initially pointed to the centre circle, as if to award a goal, before signalling that he would review the footage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It is the latest in a string of contentious calls and when former players can’t even discern what is right and wrong, more clarity and consistency is arguably needed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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