The Manchester Derby between United and City has brought about a debate on an offside rule in the Premier League entails.
Manchester United handed their local rivals a 2-1 defeat on Saturday, January 14, 2023, with the Red Devils' first goal being controversial.
Bruno Fernandes equalised for United in the second half with Marcus Rashford being involved in the goal positioned offside.
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TeamKenya.co.ke expands more on the offside law in accordance with the English Football Association FA (LAW 11: OFFSIDE).
According to the law, a player is in an offside position if any part of the body is in the opponent’s half and is nearer to the opponent’s goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent.
“A player in an offside position the moment the ball is played or touched by a team-mate is only penalised on becoming involved in active play by interfering with play by playing or touching a ball passed or touched by a team-mate,
“Interfering with an opponent by preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the opponent’s line of vision or challenging an opponent for the ball or clearly attempting to play a ball which is close when this action impacts on an opponent,’ part of the law reads.
Under the law when a player is moving from or standing in, an offside position is in the way of an opponent and interferes with the movement of the opponent toward the ball it becomes an offside offence this is if it impacts the ability of the opponent to play or challenge for the ball.
In a situation when a player in an offside position moves towards the ball with the intention of playing the ball and is fouled before playing or attempting to play the ball the foul is penalised.
However, if an offense is committed against a player in an offside position who is already playing or attempting to play the ball, the offside offence is penalised.
It is also stipulated that there is no offside offence if a player receives the ball directly from either a goal kick, throw-in and corner kick.