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Sports News of Monday, 19 August 2019

Source: dailypost.ng

EPL: What De Bruyne said after VAR denied Man City victory over Tottenham -

Manchester City midfielder, Kevin De Bruyne, has admitted he is struggling to understand the rule change on handball.

De Bruyne was speaking after Gabriel Jesus’ dramatic stoppage-time effort, was disallowed by Video Assistant Referee (VAR) for handball against Aymeric Laporte.

The Belgian is surprised that it would not have been a penalty to City, had a Tottenham player accidentally handled the ball as Laporte did.

According to Law 12, VAR ruled out Jesus’ effort because Laporte’s handball directly led to a goal, even though it was unintentional.

“I’m old fashioned and I’m not the biggest pro-VAR.

“I was told after the game that if it had hit a Tottenham arm, it wouldn’t have been a penalty, so I don’t understand it. I don’t understand it at all. It should be debated.

“We knew it was being reviewed. Every goal is reviewed. When the referee did the disallowed goal sign, I didn’t know why, Tottenham didn’t know why,” De Bruyne said.