| Ka-pi96 said: Pretty sure "the rules" don't specifically state anything about Kane or certain instances, so no, "the rules" don't explain it. Being in a position does have a precedent for being called offside due to interfering with play however. Try putting an offside player in front of the goalie when you take a shot... he doesn't have to touch it to interfere, him being there blocking the line of sight or getting in the way is interfering. So to is being in a position that necessitates the ball be cleared by a defender, as in this case. VAR stands for Video Assistant Referee. So if that's not what you call the guy that watches the videos and reports to the ref... what do you call him? And he definitely does watch all the time and alerts the ref if he thinks something needs another look, that's been mentioned numerous times. |
The rules state that a player has to interfere with the current play in which as the official explained in the link the current play was the pass to Kane, when Lovren intercepted the ball that became classed as a new set of play which negated Kane being offside. The official has highlighted this is explained to managers every season so again you don't have a leg to stand on here its time to get over it.
