"The delay in ruling out a Manchester City goal for offside in Tuesday's Carabao Cup win at Newcastle was extended because semi-automated offside technology could not be used in the incident. It took more than five minutes for a check to determine that Erling Haaland was offside and had interfered with play by holding the defender Malick Thiaw, with the referee Chris Kavanagh disallowing what would have been a second goal of the night for City's new signing Antoine Semenyo."
"Officials instead had to revert to the old system of drawing crosshairs because of the the packed box. The Premier League website refers to such incidents where SAOT cannot be used as edge cases. The City manager, Pep Guardiola, criticised what he saw as inconsistencies around VAR after the match, with Newcastle's winner against City in the league in November only confirmed after a lengthy offside check."
Semi-automated offside technology could not be used when Manchester City's potential goal was checked because the number of bodies in the penalty area made it an edge case. The offside review lasted over five minutes and concluded Erling Haaland was offside and had interfered by holding Malick Thiaw, so Antoine Semenyo's goal was disallowed. Officials reverted to manual crosshair overlays for the VAR review, extending the delay. Pep Guardiola criticised perceived inconsistencies in VAR and questioned why City had not received penalties in an earlier league match with Newcastle. The KMI panel felt a penalty should have been awarded for a foul on Phil Foden, and there was no immediate response from PGMOL or City.
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