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Mark Clattenburg was the man in the middle on Sunday and he allowed the goal to stand.
Naturally that didn't end the matter as TV pundits and fans debated the issue for hours after the final whistle.
The big question is: was Clattenburg right? Should the goal have stood? Or should it have been ruled out for offside?
Good job we have two former refs with newspaper columns to clear it up for us.
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Wimmer heads the ball towards the goal (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)[/caption]
First off, Garahm Poll in the Daily Mail, who wrote:
"As Mesut Ozil played a free-kick into the Tottenham area there were two Arsenal players in offside positions.
"Kevin Wimmer, under pressure from Laurent Koscielny, headed the ball into his own net but, as Koscielny was not one of those offside, the goal was rightly allowed to stand."
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And it flies past Hugo Lloris in goal to put Arsenal 1-0 up[/caption]
Phew. That clears that up then.
Until you read ex-refs chief Keith Hackett in the Daily Telegraph, who wrote:
"Arsenal’s goal should not have been allowed. Alexis Sanchez was clearly offside and interfering with an opponent and in my opinion it should have been disallowed.
"Sanchez has made movement towards the ball sufficiently enough to unsettle Kevin Wimmer and, as a result, he’s almost forced the defender to play the ball from Mesut Ozil’s free kick. That movement towards the ball has put Sanchez in an offside position."
Clear? Us neither.
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