A NEW camera angle has surfaced regarding Nottingham Forest's goal against Tottenham that was controversially ruled out – but is still unlikely to end the VAR row.
Forest and Spurs played out a dramatic goalless draw on Saturday at City Ground that saw Roberto De Zerbi's side picking up their first Premier League point of the season after losing their first two matches.
However, Nottingham thought they scored the winner on 67 minutes when Neco Williams bravely lunged to the ball head first after captain Morgan Gibbs-White lobbed it over.
Williams, 25, tried to protect his physical wellbeing by placing his arms on his head as Tottenham star signing Sandro Tonali tried to clear the ball on the goal line before the Wales international headed it behind the net. Please provide a valid email.
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Referee Craig Pawson awarded the goal but video assistant referee Peter Bankes stepped in and thought differently as he deemed the full-back scored with his hand.
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Forest's goal was chalked off even though Williams would have risked severe head damage if he hadn't protected his head and Tonali's boot made contact with his scull.
What's most surprising, though, is that the camera angle in question wasn't made available to VAR.
PGMOL chief refereeing officer Howard Webb backed Bankes but plans to lobby for the law to be changed regarding accidental handballs.
The rule states that a goal must be axed if the ball goes into the net off a player's hand or arm – even if completely accidental.
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Webb recently said: 'It is a law I would definitely look to change. So Pro Ref and the Premier League are going to try and lobby for that to be changed.
'At the moment, if the ball goes into the goal off your hand, accidentally or otherwise, you have to disallow that.
'And if it touches your hand accidentally or otherwise and then [you] score with your foot, you have to disallow the goal.
'The problem is that forces VARs on every goal to look at what body part the ball went in off.
'Most times it's dead obvious it has come off the head or the foot. But there's a fair number of situations where it is close to hitting the arm. The VAR has to look at it from different angles.
'There might be six angles focusing in on the player and the first three might not be conclusive.
'If you were only to penalise when the attacker deliberately handles the ball or makes himself unjustifiably big — and not have that forensic examination which p***** people off — you could 'check complete' it more quickly.'
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