Ismaila Sarr was onside before he slotted home for Crystal Palace against Tottenham, but the goal was disallowed for offside. The reason for this has been explained. With an early goal within ten minutes, Oliver Glasner’s team appeared to have gotten off to the ideal start as they sought to gather some momentum before their FA Cup final matchup with Manchester City the following week.
However, goalscorer Jean-Philippe Mateta’s infraction during the build-up resulted in the goal being called off following a VAR review. Despite appearing to be inside his own half, the Frenchman was determined to have been ahead of the play during the play.
PL Match Centre Break Down Mateta Offside
Many were left confused by the decision
Close examination revealed that Mateta was offside by the narrowest of margins, with his shoulder ahead of Tottenham full-back Djed Spence, who had just barely crossed the halfway line, even though the Palace striker’s feet were inside his own half at the moment of the incident that resulted in VAR chalking off the goal.
The PL Match Centre X account posted an explanation of the decision on social media, saying:
“VAR checked the referee’s call of goal – and established that Mateta was in an offside position in the build-up and recommended that the goal was disallowed.”
With Eberechi Eze scoring in either half to give the Eagles a dominant two-goal lead, Palace’s players continued to dominate the match at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, despite the frustration Palace supporters felt about the decision.
Less than two weeks before the crucial Europa League final against Manchester United, Spurs supporters received even worse news as Dejan Kulusevski was substituted off due to an injury early in the first half.
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