The hero of Fulham, Bernd Leno, claimed that earlier in the season, even Erling Haaland of Manchester City believed their goal would be overturned by VAR.
The German has been discussing the contentious incident from last month and the current VAR scenario in the Premier League with Sky Sports Germany.
In the match, Manchester City defeated the opposition 5-1 thanks to goals from Nathan Ake, Erling Haaland, and Julian Alvarez.
However, there was a lot of discussion about Ake’s goal, which gave Manchester City a 2-1 lead in first-half extra time.
Replays showed fellow defender Manuel Akanji leaping out of the way of Ake’s header that was headed for goal, leading some to believe that VAR should have disqualified the shot.
This was significant since the Swiss defender was in front of Leno at the moment, and many have said that his movement to the side hampered the Fulham goalkeeper’s ability to shift and make the save.
To the confusion of both Fulham and, it appears, Manchester City player Erling Haaland, VAR made a different decision, allowing the goal to stand.
Leno said, “We had a few decisions where you think, ‘What is the video referee actually doing?'”
similar to the matchup with Manchester City. Erling Haaland himself remarked to me, “If that’s the objective,
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