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Alan Shearer makes feelings clear on Bournemouth disallowed goal vs Newcastle with telling response

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Published 16:49 25 Aug 2024 GMT+1

Alan Shearer makes feelings clear on Bournemouth disallowed goal vs Newcastle with telling response

Bournemouth had an injury time winner disallowed for a 'factual handball' by VAR.

Ryan Smart

Ryan Smart

Alan Shearer gave a telling response to Bournemouth's controversial disallowed goal in their 1-1 draw against Newcastle.

The Cherries thought they had secured a 2-1 victory in injury time after Dango Ouattara headed the ball beyond Nick Pope.

The ball came off the shirt sleeve of the Bournemouth forward, with VAR checking for a potential handball offence.

VAR decided to rule it out for what was described as a 'factual handball' by Ouattara, much to the fury of the home fans inside Dean Court.

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Tensions then threatened to boil over when Joelinton floored Cherries goalkeeper Neto with a stray arm, but only received a booking.

The Premier League Match Centre Twitter account gave VAR's reasoning for the decision to disallow the goal, writing: "Ouattara's goal is awarded on-field.

"The VAR overturned the decision as they deemed it to be a factual handball by Ouattara, therefore an on-field review was not required and the goal was disallowed."

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IFAB's Laws of the Game for 2024/25 state the handball threshold as follows: "For the purposes of determining handball offences, the upper boundary of the arm is in line with the bottom of the armpit. Not every touch of a player's hand/arm with the ball is an offence."

In simpler terms, the goal should stand if the ball hits the player above the armpit - with the main debate being where exactly the ball hit Ouattara before going into the back of the net.

Newcastle legend Shearer made his feelings clear on the incident in a post on Twitter.

He wrote: "A lucky point as that's an awful decision re hand ball. Never hand ball for me."

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When challenged with the claim that it 'clearly hit his arm', Shearer replied: "That clear the ref didn't give it."

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The decision means Bournemouth have picked up two points from their first two Premier League matches with a pair of 1-1 draws.

Newcastle, meanwhile, are on four points, having beaten Southampton 1-0 at St James' Park last weekend.

Featured Image Credit: Getty / BBC

Topics: Alan Shearer, Newcastle United, Football, Bournemouth, Premier League, VAR

Ryan Smart
Ryan Smart

Live in constant hope of the top flight as a Preston North End fan. Written in the past for SPORF, GiveMeSport and more.

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