acnumber9
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It wasn’t played towards somebody in an offside position though was it? It was played towards somebody in an onside position.That's absolutely not the appropriate freeze frame in both instances, because it's not the first time the ball is played towards someone in an offside position, whether it was a shot or a pass is irrelevant. To demand it be judged on the shot is pointless. It can be a shot, it can be a pass, or it can be a deflection, the important bit is the player standing in an offside position, and whether he's interfering with play or not. Not least so because the header that ended up being a pass could have just as well been a shot. You have no way of knowing where the ball is gonna go as a keeper, and you have to position yourself in part according to the players around you.
If you understand the keepers ability to play the ball as his decision making process, players in such close proximity will always affect that, whether the keeper was able to save the shot in some alternate universe or not.
Can you give an example of offside being given under that interpretation of the law for the pass before somebody shoots?
It happens too quickly for Allison’s position to change. Just like the deflection on Bruno’s goal happened too quickly for his position to change. Had Phillips not been there it would’ve been the same result so he wasn’t prevented from playing the ball or attempting to play the ball. That’s where the big difference to the Everton goal comes in.