"You can't be offside from a throw-in, but when Ajer touches the ball that creates a phase and Ouattara was stood ahead of Chelsea defender Reece James, so offside. Ouattara didn't touch the ball, so it was a subjective judgement for the VAR to determine impact. Ouattara can't commit an offside offence by his position alone. He's not blocking the vision of James, and doesn't run across the line of the ball."
"But the law does say that a player commits an offence if they are "clearly attempting to play a ball which is close when this action impacts on an opponent." Ouattara stuck out a leg as the ball went through to Carvalho, so that was part of the clause satisfied. But did that impact James? The on-field team told the VAR that they knew Ouattara was offside, but they didn't feel he did anything to trigger an offence so the goal was given."
Brentford levelled in stoppage time when Fábio Carvalho finished after Kristoffer Ajer flicked Michael Kayode's long throw. VAR checked for a possible offside involving Dango Ouattara during the move. A throw-in cannot directly create an offside, but Ajer's touch created a new phase and left Ouattara ahead of Chelsea defender Reece James. Ouattara did not touch the ball, making any offence a subjective assessment of impact. The laws state a player commits an offence if they are "clearly attempting to play a ball which is close when this action impacts on an opponent." Ouattara stretched a leg, yet the on-field team judged he did not trigger an offence, so the goal stood.
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