Haaland scores controversial winner for Manchester City after Foden sees red
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What made Erling Haaland’s winning goal so controversial?
Welcome to the Sky Sports Premier League podcast. Sunday was Manchester derby day as United hosted City at Old Trafford. Here's how the game finished.
For Manchester City, a most remarkable derby win. A rapture in blue. Maresca makes Manchester his home. Tonight it'll feel like his kingdom. The winning moment was a Haaland moment. It is a moment subject to intense scrutiny around lines and interpretations. Arguments will rage. But for now, the party for City is on fire here's the second major contentious moment the first seemed to set all the odds against City when Phil Foden was sent up in the first half after getting fired up in the company of Bruno Fernandes that though now is all history because The fact is, in plain blue and red, that City, Gary, have beaten
United 1-0. They have, and it's massive for Maresca. His first Manchester derby, down to ten men, Phil Foden sent off, and from that moment on his team started to play. The spirit, the defensive cohesion, the way in which they took the ball and showed courage, the goalkeepers made his contribution as well with the saves. It won't stop a massive inquest into the goal that was scored by Erling Haaland, which I think was wrongly given. However, Manchester City were the better team and Bruno Fernandes and his teammates will go into that Manchester United dressing room completely and utterly dejected.
Wherever you sit, wherever you stand, whichever colours you wear, it is a game worthy of profound debate. Erling Haaland needn't worry about that. Enzo Maresca certainly won't. It's one worth singing about. United stalled on the big day. City found their way despite everything. They are still 100% perfect blue as they dreamt it. United 0 Manchester City's Heroic 10
1 United 0 City 1. Haaland on the score sheet. Sounds straightforward. It was not. It was far from straightforward, even though the City players and Enzo Maresca in charge of City for his first Manchester derby are down and celebrating with their fans. Some of that sweetness will be in how that win came about. They were down to 10 men. It was a controversial sending off of Phil Foden in an incident involving Bruno Fernandes. We will look at that very shortly as well. And the goal itself, scored by Erling Haaland, was controversial in itself. There are a few things we need to unpick in all of this. Initially, this goal was disallowed for offside against, we thought, Erling Haaland. The cross comes in. It takes a deflection here of Patrick Dorgueu.
This is specifically exempt from a player deliberately playing the ball. When the cross is put in, Erling Haaland is confirmed onside. Patrick Dougher's foot plays Haaland onside. However, Enzo Fernandes is coming through the middle, takes a flying leap at the ball from an offside position Under the laws of the game, this is deemed a deliberate action towards the ball, and we will take a look at that very shortly in the criteria that they're looking at. However, when VAR looked at this, when they had the conversations with the on-field referee, Michael Oliver, they said that because Enzo Fernandes did not touch the ball, that the goal could stand because Haaland was not in an offside position at the time of the cross.
It's not straightforward. This may help to clear it up. So when we've had a look at this one more time, we're going to take a look at the actual laws of the game and what they're looking for in terms of Enzo Fernandez positioning. A player will be penalised, it says, if they're preventing an opponent from playing or being... So they're not obstructing the opponent's line of vision. Are they challenging an opponent for a ball? He wasn't. clearly attempting to play a ball which is close, which seems to be the one that does apply to Enzo Fernandes, or are they making an obvious action which clearly impacts on the ability of an opponent to play the ball? Is Enzo Fernandes clearly attempting to play a ball which is close when this action impacts on their opponent?
Is that, Micah, what Enzo Fernandes is doing?
The 100% it is.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What made Erling Haaland’s winning goal so controversial?
0:07–9:37
2
How did Phil Foden’s red card change the dynamics of the derby?
9:37–18:50
3
Why was Enzo Maresca’s first Manchester derby as City manager significant?
18:50–26:29
4
What are the off‑side law details that sparked the debate over the goal?
26:29–35:28
5
How did Manchester City adapt their tactics after going down to ten men?
35:28–42:30
6
What was Manchester United’s reaction to the refereeing decisions?
42:30–50:42
7
How did VAR and the officials interpret the off‑side situation?
50:42–58:30
8
What does this derby mean for the early Premier League season for both clubs?
58:30–1:05:21
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