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Originally Posted by bigt2k4
Looking at that and adjusting for the camera angle it seems as though Skrtel's ass is on the edge of the box, but Ramsey's head is across it. Super close, one of those plays where it was a good goal if he was called on and a good offside call since he called it that way.
His shoulder is much further over the line than Skrtels ass is, you are able to score with your shoulder. Therefore he is offside.
I don't get why it's even being debated.
The other thing I don't get is this whole idea of the “attacking team should get the benifit of the doubt”. To me the benifit of doubt should go to the defending team if anybody is getting it. Having a goal that should stand getting disallowed during a game has much less significance than allowing a goal to stand when it shouldn't.
Both situations obviously suck for the affected team but at least if you get a goal disallowed there's plenty of chance to rectify it and score again if they are good enough. But teams only get 1 clean sheet a game and if they lose it to a wrong decision then no matter how good they defend after that they can't wipe the goal off the scoreboard.