Middlesbrough’s objective was allowed to face due to a change to the handball legislation final summer time.
Duncan Watmore dealt with the ball earlier than discovering Matt Crooks, who scored.
However the tweaked legislation says a objective will solely be disallowed if the scorer handles the ball — not the participant in possession earlier than him.
Duncan Watmore dealt with the ball within the build-up to the Middlesbrough equaliser
And on this case, that was Watmore.
Referee Anthony Taylor may have blown if he believed there had been a deliberate handball by the Boro man.
He didn’t suppose it was deliberate as a result of a miscontrol by Watmore meant the ball flicked as much as hit his arm, and I agree with that verdict.
It was unintentional, so it was proper that the objective stood.
Ref Anthony Taylor didn’t blow up as he believed it was unintentional handball by Watmore
