Sure - but you have a finite amount of energy to use during a game - so if you KNEW the play was going to be pulled back, why waste it?
The narrative from all those outraged, is that it was so obviously offside that everyone in the stadium KNEW it would be pulled back. The actions of Awoniyi...
I think that the officials are getting a bit of unfair criticism here.
Often fans / pundits are up in arms about a flag not going up when a player is 'MILES' offside - when the rules are pretty clear that a player is only to be considered as active (and thus potentially offside) if they impact...
Duffy lacerated his liver in training (at Everton as an 18 year old) and almost bled to death. Then of course we had Jimmy McNulty at Withdean, that was a pretty grim one, too.