martin tyler
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- Jan 25, 2013
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It’s open to interpretation to a point. Bart doesn’t have to be put off. It’s really down to if the player is interfering with play and if he tries plays the ball he’s interfering. If Armstrong hadn’t made an attempt to play I assume the goal would stand.Gosh the twisting of what I said. Please read what I said and watch the Bart interview. He didn't claim that he was put off he actually said nothing!
Honestly we have the nerve to get wound up about Arsenal whining about the Veltman incident but we have fans who are also blinded by bias. It's so frustrating.
Would I be frustrated if it was ruled against us I would most likely be yes. Under the current rules I think it should be ruled out.
In terms of how in unfolded it seemed to be the linesman flag went up when the referee said something to him I assume about Armstrong as it was a late flag. I think the linesman was right about Archer so the flag wasn’t initially raised. Convo quickly takes place on Armstrong as I think referee thinks he is interfering. Linesman believes he is off side and flag goes up. VAR then step in and look at it.