@ant_haslam@SiboSnakeEyes@jimmymcbride1 Im not complaining about the rule, that's fine. But for the rule to have even be assessed in the first place, it meant that VAR didn't deem Maguires touch as a normal handball anyway, which is my issue.
@buffon_jr@50pheadleif@adamrowecomedy Regarding the decision changing based on who scored it, yes. But in my opinion it's a handball anyway so it shouldn't need to go to the extra tight goalscorer rules in the first place
@PowleyJacob Because of a rule SEPERATE to the standard handball rule, where the goalscorer cannot under any circumstances handle the ball. The usual handball rule accounts for things like distance from the ball and intention. It was an OG so they couldn't apply that's seperate rule
looked at the OG was because there's a seperate rule for goalscorers. If the *goalscorer* scores whilst having handled the ball at all, it is disallowed regardless of usual handball rules like distance from the ball and intention. Maguire wasn't the goalscorer, so it didn't apply
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Nobody actually understands the handball from maguire. VAR looked at it, and decided it wasn't a handball. That decision has nothing to do with it being an own goal. I think that decision is horrendous in of itself, but it wasn't due to the own goal.
The reason why they
@PowleyJacob@JacobHorsfall_ The discussion re the own goal was that there is an extra rule for goalscorers. Goalscorers cannot touch the ball AT ALL if they then score, regardless of usual rules like distance from the ball and intention. But because Maguire didn't actually score, that rule wasn't applied.
@PowleyJacob@JacobHorsfall_ That's not what VAR did. They just straight up decided it wasn't a handball. That's it (which is do think is ridiculous mind). Nothing to do with time from the goal.
@Stuart_Watson I imagine it was determined not to be a normal handball (which I think is still crazy). But then also, if the *goalscorer* has touched the ball with his hand AT ALL, even if it's unintentional, the goal is always disallowed regardless. Which is what they were checking.