Learn the rules! Clattenburg reveals Middlesbrough equaliser at Man Utd legit: Law changed last summer

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5 Feb 2022 • 4:19 PM MYT
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Former Premier League ref Mark Clattenburg says Middlesbrough's equaliser during their FA Cup win at Manchester United was legitimate.

Clattenburg wrote for the Daily Mail: "Middlesbrough's goal was allowed to stand because of a change to the handball law last summer.

"Duncan Watmore handled the ball before finding Matt Crooks, who scored.

"But the tweaked law says a goal will only be disallowed if the scorer handles the ball — not the player in possession before him.

"And in this case, that was Watmore.

"Referee Anthony Taylor could have blown if he believed there had been a deliberate handball by the Boro man.

"He didn't think it was deliberate because a miscontrol by Watmore meant the ball flicked up to hit his arm, and I agree with that verdict.

"It was accidental, so it was right that the goal stood."


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