Sky Sports pundit Stephen Warnock has claimed that the disallowed goal scored by Marcus Rashford against Everton should have stood.
The Toffees took on Manchester United in the Premier League this weekend but could not get a result as they fell to a 2-1 defeat in front of their own fans.
Alex Iwobi had put Everton ahead with a fine effort from outside the box but goals from Antony and then Cristiano Ronaldo were enough to turn the game around.
Rashford looked to have sealed the win late on only for VAR to intervene and rule out his strike after he appeared to handle the ball before dribbling around Jordan Pickford.
While discussing the incident on Sky Sports’ Ref Watch, Warnock said that the goal was right to be allowed due to the ‘letter of the law’ but it was wrong to disallow the goal for such marginal handball.
He said: “It’s a handball. It’s wrong. It should be a goal.
“But by the letter of the law [it’s disallowed], and this is the problem that we’re having. That should be a goal.”
TIF thoughts on Marcus Rashford’s goal and Everton…
Seeing as West Ham United scored twice this weekend with two goals that seemed to involve the ball hitting the hand of their players in the build-up, it’s easy to see why there might be question marks over Rashford’s effort.
The Manchester United man certainly wasn’t happy with the use of VAR to rule out his effort, he took to Instagram after the game to slam the call, labelling it as ‘questionable’ (via Daily Mail).
In the end though, while the decision did benefit Everton, they couldn’t capitalise on it and consequently fell to defeat against United by just a single goal. As a result, Frank Lampard’s men are now 12th in the league, sitting on 10 points after nine games.
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