BREAKING: English FA finally release 0fficial statements on Joshua Zirkzee’s disallowed goal, Ban the referee and awarded the goal- CONGRATULATIONS
Alejandro Garnacho had a certain goal against Brighton ruled out by Manchester United team-mate Joshua Zirkzee inadvertently being offside.
After Danny Welbeck’s first-half opener against his old club was cancelled out by Amad Diallo on the hour mark, Garnacho thought he had given his team the lead 10 minutes later. However, when he scored from the tightest of angles, his effort took a flick off team-mate and summer signing Zirkzee – who happened to be in an offside position mere centimetres from the goalline. After a lengthy VAR review, the goal was chalked off and the scoreline returned to 1-1 on Saturday at the Amex.
On such fine margins are games won and lost, and in the end, this disallowed goal turned out to be crucial as a 95th-minute winner from Joao Pedro meant Brighton secured a last-gasp 2-1 victory. The Red Devils looked like they were heading for a second straight win after beating Fulham last time out – courtesy of a late Zirkzee winner – but now it is a long journey back to Manchester for Erik ten Hag’s side.
Ten Hag’s United will want to bounce back from this result when they face Arne Slot’s Liverpool in their next Premier League game on September 1. Hurzeler’s Brighton now have six points from his first two games in charge, with the Seagulls taking on Crawley Town in the Carabao Cup second round on Tuesday.
