Semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) failed during the Carabao Cup semi-final between Newcastle and Manchester City on Tuesday night, leading to a five-minute delay in ruling out an Antoine Semenyo goal.
The lengthy deliberation, that required VAR officials to manually apply the lines which found eventually that Erling Haaland had influenced play from an offside position, became the major talking point of the game. City’s manager, Pep Guardiola, criticised VAR in his post-match interviews and said the offside ruling had helped his team to win because it had made his players “angry”.
