I watched that last night and the only way I can see that Carter is offside is if the ball travels forward slightly after it was trapped/stopped. I fully understand that. Is that what the linesman is suggesting? Could he have noticed 3mm of forward travel of the ball? This is the only bit that...
Two explanations above yet I still don't understand. I think I'm a bit dense.
Seems stoopid to me.
Offside law must've been put in place to rule out "goal-hanging" and even with all the reasonably modern "2nd phase, becomes active" etc additions I just can't see how this has anything to do with...