Bournemouth’s late goal against Newcastle was disallowed for a handball on Sunday.
In the English Premier League, Bournemouth was close to its opening win of the season on Sunday, when Dango Ouattara headed the team’s corner kick into a 2–1 lead against Newcastle in added time.
First, the referee of the match accepted the goal, but then the video referee VAR intervened and the hit was rejected as a manual error. Slow motion pictures based on that, the ball seemed to hit Ouattara’s shoulder area.
– VAR changed the decision because, according to them, it was a manual error, so the referee on the field did not have to look at the situation from the video, it was said on the X account of the Premier League match center, which explains referee situations.
The match ended 1–1. Bournemouth head coach Andoni Iraola took a yellow card from the aftermath of the situation.
– I have never been so frustrated on the side of the field before. The referee cannot do more. He accepted the goal. VAR didn’t give him a chance to review it, Iraola would talk According to the BBC.
– We lost two series points and we will complain, but nothing happens. We watched the video of the situation, the ball goes forward after touching the shoulder. Considering the time the goal was scored, we would have gotten three points, the Spanish pilot said for Sky Sports.
Sky Sports expert Jamie Redknapp he also admired the VAR referee’s decision.
– I think the ball hits the shoulder. I can feel Iraola’s pain. No Newcastle player is complaining in the situation and I don’t think it should have been looked at again. An unfortunate situation for Bournemouth, Redknapp said.
Newcastle head coach Eddie Howe was relieved after the draw and considered it a legitimate result considering the events of the game.
– I already thought we were going to lose the match, because at first I didn’t see anything wrong with the 2-1 goal. “We got a valuable point, but I understand the decision was controversial,” Howe said.
Former Newcastle player legend by Alan Shearer according to the situation was not a mistake, and the team was lucky to get a draw point.
After two rounds, Bournemouth is in 14th place in the series. Newcastle is sixth.
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