Mohamed Salah’s goal against Wolves was allowed to stand for one main reason.
Liverpool were playing Wolves in their FA Cup third round clash on Saturday night. It was the Reds’ first fixture in the competition this season as they begin their defence of the trophy they won last term.
Jurgen Klopp’s side had the worst possible start, when Alisson Becker made a mistake to gift Wolves an opening goal. Goncalo Guedes was on hand to put the visitors a goal in front at Anfield.
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Liverpool responded before the half-time break with Darwin Nunez. The Uruguayan international got on the end of a Trent Alexander-Arnold cross to score his 10th goal of the season.
It was then Salah who put Liverpool ahead in the second half. However, there were questions as to why the Egyptian was not ruled offside.
As Cody Gakpo crossed the ball into the box, Salah was stood in an offside position. However, Wolves defender Toti Gomes headed the ball straight up into the air, which Salah latched onto and scored with relative ease.
The reason that Salah was not ruled offside was because of Toti’s header. At the moment of the header, a new phase of play begins which means that Salah is not ruled offside.
According to Law 11 in the FA's rules: "A player in an offside position receiving the ball from an opponent who deliberately plays the ball, including by deliberate handball, is not considered to have gained an advantage, unless it was a deliberate save by any opponent.
"A ‘save’ is when a player stops, or attempts to stop, a ball which is going into or very close to the goal with any part of the body except the hands/arms (unless the goalkeeper within the penalty area)."
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