We have already seen SAOT in this season’s Champions League and in the FA Cup from the fifth round onwards. When a tight offside decision goes to a VAR review, SAOT steps in. Previously, officials in the VAR room needed to decide on three key things – when the ball was kicked, where and at...
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, Chris Sutton said the law was well known among the players. “It’s clever from Luis Diaz really, because he knows he is onside once Tarkowski has played the ball,” he said. “I don’t think changing the law is a good idea. It’s more complicated than just this one scenario,...
