Gerrards Disallowed Goal

[lfc123]

Gerrard\'s disallowed goal v Stoke

What is wrong with that??? We were robbed!!!

[23 Carra Gold]

apparently torres was offside according to goals on sunday judged by his shadow fucking outrageous corrupt officals. however we did still have 88 mins to score a goal like

[mattyq]

According to MoTD he was on side

[King Emlyn]

Buggered if i can understand offside anymore however under the old rules Torres is deffo offside when Gerrard strikes the ball, whether the fact he never went on to touch the ball negates that i have no idea.

[RedBrian84]

Cannot for the life of me see what was wrong with it.

 

 

Fuck it, he's saving the big 100 for that shower of fucking nimrods across the park next week.

[Faustus]

Radhi Jaidi was at least 10 yards offside when Birmingham scored a free-kick against us and the goal was given because he didn't touch the ball and wasn't intefering with play (despite standing right in front of the keeper). Applying that logic, I can't see anything wrong the free-kick yesterday. It wouldn't surprise me if even referees struggled with the offside rule.

 

As 23 Carra Gold said though, we did have 88 mins to score another goal though.

[Evil_Ways]

The thing which pisses me off most, is the fact that the linesman could absolutely not have clearly seen and been sure Torres was offside. So basically he took a guess. Is it acceptable having refs guessing in crucial situations like that ?

IMO no, and the sad thing is, had that goal stood we'd have gone on and hammered them.

[Dirk]

Torres was not offside. He might have been in an offside position but to be in an offiside position is not an offence.

 

Law 11 - Offside

 

Offside Position

 

It is not an offence in itself to be in an offside position.

 

A player is in an offside position if:

 

* he is nearer to his opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second last opponent

* A player is not in an offside position if:

* he is in his own half of the fi eld of play or

* he is level with the second last opponent or

* he is level with the last two opponents

 

Offence

 

A player in an offside position is only penalised if, at the moment the ball touches or is played by one of his team, he is, in the opinion of the referee, involved in active play by:

 

* interfering with play or

* interfering with an opponent or

* gaining an advantage by being in that position

 

No Offence

 

There is no offside offence if a player receives the ball directly from:

 

* a goal kick or

* a throw-in or

* a corner kick

 

Infringements/Sanctions

 

For any offside offence, the referee awards an indirect free kick to the opposing team to be taken from the place where the infringement occurred.

 

Decisions of the International F.A. Board

 

Decision 1

 

In the definition of offside position, "nearer to his opponents’ goal line" means that any part of his head, body or feet is nearer to his opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second last opponent. The arms are not included in this definition.

 

Decision 2

 

The definitions of elements of involvement in active play are as follows:

 

Interfering with play means playing or touching the ball passed or touched by a team-mate.

 

Interfering with an opponent means preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the opponent’s line of vision or movements or making a gesture or movement which, in the opinion of the referee, deceives or distracts an opponent.

 

Gaining an advantage by being in that position means playing a ball that rebounds to him off a post or the crossbar having been in an offside position or playing a ball that rebounds to him off an opponent having been in an offside position.

 

TheFA.com - Law 11 - Offside

[Guest davelfc]

What's that website that has a league (for losers) that works out what the result would have been if the correct decision had been given?

 

Well we're probably top now.

[Torvald Utne]

torres was marginally off, and he distracted the keeper...offside from where I stand...

[JMARKH]

that linesman should be struck off and the ref as well, an example should be made of these fuckin little hiltlers who effect the game in the wrong way, it makes my blood boil thinking about it, I hope they get their jaws broke

[hamstrung]

I assumed it was offside at the match, but must admit I was a bit bewildered. We should have beaten them regardless, but an early goal would have made it much easier.

[coop]

Clutch at straws all you like but regardless of been offside or not we still failed to score against a Stoke team at Anfield.

 

Not the performance of Champions.

[rebel23]

there was nothing wrong with that goal

 

it is league corruption

[Anubis]

Gerrard made the mistake of putting the ball into the net. Apparently you have to put it 4 yards wide nowdays.

[SquareBall]

No excuse. We should have scored during the rest of the game. The rest of the top 4 will get more than 1 point against these throughout the season. We should have won that game regardless of the disallowed goal

[G Richards]

I thought it was an indirect free-kick, and since Gerrard's cross went in direct from it, it was thus disallowed. I haven't seen any analysis though, since I've mostly been concentrating on the Ryder Cup after our bad day at the office yesterday.

[Unrighteous]

Nothing wrong with that goal for me.

[Torvald Utne]

 

Torres is in front of the last defender as the ball is kicked which goes on to miss his head by inches and completely fucks up the keeper...cry conspiracy all you like but technically it was the right decision, I would have let it go on the advantage to the attacker interpretation as there is no way the linesman could have been sure.

[Anubis]

No excuse. We should have scored during the rest of the game. The rest of the top 4 will get more than 1 point against these throughout the season. We should have won that game regardless of the disallowed goal

You can't know that, and we can potentially take another three points from them as we play them again.

[rargh]

I thought it was an indirect free-kick, and since Gerrard's cross went in direct from it, it was thus disallowed. I haven't seen any analysis though, since I've mostly been concentrating on the Ryder Cup after our bad day at the office yesterday.

 

If the free-kick was indirect, the ref would have had his arm raised to signify this. In this case he didn't.

 

So, with Gerrard's goal being disallowed, how is Chopra's second for Sunderland yesterday explained?

[Jamie-H]

I know I was bevied yesterday but I honestly thought we were one nil up until five mins before the end of the game and I looked at the scoreboard. Infact during my celebrations of the first goal, I looked up to see the scoreboard and it changed to 1-0. I then went off to the toilet and returned to my seat and had no idea it was disallowed. :wallbutt:

 

Wasnt until 5 mins before the game I looked at the and saw the scoreboard it then dawned on me. Never in all my years going to the match has that ever happened to me.:wow:

[OnizukaEikichi]

Robbed. But I was expecting us to score even when it was disallowed. Stupid ref seriously cost us 2 points.

[Sut]

Clutch at straws all you like but regardless of been offside or not we still failed to score against a Stoke team at Anfield.

 

Not the performance of Champions.

 

I concur.

[Newport]

I know I was bevied yesterday but I honestly thought we were one nil up until five mins before the end of the game and I looked at the scoreboard. Infact during my celebrations of the first goal, I looked up to see the scoreboard and it changed to 1-0. I then went off to the toilet and returned to my seat and had no idea it was disallowed. :wallbutt:

 

Wasnt until 5 mins before the game I looked at the and saw the scoreboard it then dawned on me. Never in all my years going to the match has that ever happened to me.:wow:

 

I had a similar experience when we played Reading the other season. We went up 1-0 and then I thought it was that until a few minutes before stoppage time when Dirk made it 2-1. At least I didn't have to bite those poor nails of mine.