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Sane is pretty clearly offsides on the first goal. by ndroman21

His arm does not matter, but the stills show that his foot is clearly past the last defenders' foot and his head is clearly past the last defenders' head.

That being said, it's easy to look at a still and not so easy in real-time, but that doesn't change the basic fact that he was offside.


I'm not sold either way on the last one. It's pretty much up to your interpretation of whether Cech was impacted by the lunge at the ball. Personally, I think that an attempt to make a play on the ball should make someone offsides as that's easier to interpret, but that's not the law.

I'm not unbiased, either, as an Arsenal fan and former goalie.