Micah Richards believes the decision to disallow Phil Foden's goal against Liverpool was not clear and obvious and constitutes 're-refereeing the game'.
City midfielder Foden looked to have opened the scoring 10 minutes into the second-half when he latched on to a collision between Alisson Becker and Erling Haaland before smashing in off Joe Gomez. But when VAR official Darren England told Anthony Taylor to check the screen, the referee ended up pulling the game back for a foul when Erling Haaland looked to have pulled Fabinho to the ground in the build-up.
Foden's disallowed goal - and the touchline fury from Pep Guardiola that followed it - flicked a switch at Anfield and ignited a chaotic second-half, with referee Taylor notably lenient throughout in allowing the game to flow. And former City defender Richards believes the original decision - that was to allow the goal - was correct at the time, and that England's decision to send him to the screen was 're-refereeing the game.'
