Gabriel Jesus' late winner against Tottenham in the Premier League was chalked off for handball, but his team-mate thinks the ruling makes no sense
Kevin de Bruyne has blasted the new handball rules brought in this summer after Manchester City were yet again denied a last-minute winner against Tottenham by VAR on Saturday.
“They made this rule, it’s new,” De Bruyne told the Telegraph. “When I saw the video [of the incident], it’s impossible [for Laporte] to take his arm away. What can he do? Should he chop his arm off and play without it?
“There’s nothing he can do because Nico [Otamendi] is ten centimeters in front of him and trying to head the ball. You can’t react in that space and amount of time. So make it clear - handball both sides.”
“It is never easy when you score a last-minute goal and it is disallowed, especially because last season we went out of the Champions League because of a situation exactly like this one but rules are rules and we have to accept it,” Silva said.
“It is true the ball hits his hand but come on, do you want to cut his arm [off]?”