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Yes: Denying a goal is when the ball is definitely going into the net. If the handball isn't made, the ball will 100% go in the net. Denying a goal scoring opportunity is preventing the ball from having the opportunity to go in the net. It may go in, it may not - it is an opportunity. So from a...

Could you please quote from the rules where a goal scoring opportunity has to be a chance to shoot, and not a shot that's already been taken. As above - I know what happened, so please show where it is not still an opportunity

Er, what? The ball could have gone in the net - of course it was an opportunity (just like Murray vs Shef Wed). His arms may have been further out than Oliver realised - regardless, they got it wrong.

Maybe he thought 2 wrongs would make a right?

I disagree with you. Why do you think defenders often hold their hands together behind their back? Those are often given.

Ok. Looked deliberate though, and does it have to stop a guaranteed goal?

It doesn't matter if it was centimetres, he was stretching his arms out. Just like a keeper who makes himself big when a shot is imminent.

Not deliberate? I couldn't disagree more, he thought he was a keeper

I think he's the best ref in the league, but I thought he made a few mistakes in their favour today.