FAN footage has emerged online which suggests Cristiano Ronaldo’s disallowed goal against Newcastle should have stood.
The quick-thinking Manchester United striker nicked the ball off the toes of Toon keeper Nick Pope and slotted it away under the belief the game had restarted following a free-kick.
Central to the debate over whether it should have stood is whether the game had actually been restarted by Magpies defender Fabian Schar’s pass back to Pope.
Referee Craig Pawson ruled play had not restarted and chalked off a strike which might have won what turned out to be a 0-0 at Old Trafford.
Unsurprisingly, Red Devils boss Erik ten Hag felt it should have been a goal, while his Toon counterpart Eddie Howe believed Pawson made the right call.
Now new footage posted on YouTube by Bettsy UK has shed a bit more light on the incident.
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The video captures the sound of Pawson’s whistle being blown just before Schar’s pass – suggesting it was a legitimate resumption of play.
The clip was tweeted by @Twitugal, who has 18.3k followers, and predictably sparked widespread online debate.
The caption with the cropped 1min 11sec clip says: “Video from the stands, we can hear the referee whistle and the player of Newcastle playing the ball, the goal of Cristiano Ronaldo was perfectly legal.”
The decision will have been doubly galling for United legend Ronaldo after he was handed a rare Prem start this season.
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And the Portugal skipper – who also had a 48th-minute strike ruled out for offside – looked far from happy when he was replaced by Marcus Rashford with 20 minutes to go.
The stalemate left the Red Devils fifth in the Prem, a point and a place ahead of the Magpies, and 11 points behind leaders Arsenal.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
