Tottenham suffered late heartbreak on Wednesday but they were denied a perfectly good goal in the first half when Davinson Sanchez’s strike was chalked off for offside.
While Harry Kane was standing in an offside position when Sanchez took the shot, he was not interfering with play.
Standing on the goal-line, he was not in the goalkeeper’s line of vision and did not impact on his ability to make a save.
At corners, the officials have to work as a team. The referee is better placed to see the goalkeeper’s line of sight while the assistant can assess how far a player in an offside position is interfering with play.
The assistant must have thought that Kane either touched the ball or hindered the goalkeeper in some way. As neither happened, it was a bad call and the goal should have stood.
It meant that Spurs were only 2-1 ahead when they were reduced to 10 men in the 79th minute.
Hugo Lloris was correctly sent off after charging out of goal and taking down Hirving Lozano.
Lloris was reckless and denied a clear and obvious goalscoring opportunity.
untillove
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Surely you cannot have ref's & linesmen this bad in a major competition like the Champions league???
hossttry
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Why don't the 2 officials talk to each other. They are a team also.