on December 7, 2025, 9:19 pm, in reply to "It was disallowed because there is a specific law"
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in the event of the player scoring, handling the ball whether accidental or not
It is all to do with preventing a player scoring with his hand and that was deemed to be unfair but it also covers a player scoring having handled the ball
If you think it's confusing, imagine being a referee and having to differentiate and then having to explain all these different interpretations to 22 players and various coaches and fans Previous MessagePrevious Message
So they look at handball in immediate lead up to Brighton goal.
The ball comes to Rutter who aims to control it with his thigh but mis-controls and it goes upwards and catches his arm and changes the travel of the ball 90 degrees or more so he is able to shoot at goal.
It gets saved and then from a second or two more of play he gets another chance at shooting and scores.
It’s called accidental handball and it’s allowed .
I’m totally lost, how can it be accidental if the ball catch his arm changed the direction of the ball so much ( he wouldn’t have been able to have his original shot if it had not hit his arm ). As the ball would have continued from his thigh away from him and towards a West Ham defender.
Either way Brighton stay below us but honestly struggling to understand any of the decision
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