Full VAR Transcript of Erling Haaland’s Manchester Derby Winner

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The eye-opening full VAR transcript of Erling Haaland’s controversial Man City Goal vs Man Utd has emerged

There was huge drama in Manchester City's 1-0 win over rivals Manchester United on the weekend as the only goal of the game should not have stood. Haaland was initially flagged offside, but VAR correctly deemed him to actually be onside.

The issue, however, was that VAR Matt Donohue and his assistant Blake Antrobus failed to rule out the goal, with Enzo Fernandez interfering in play from an offside position. The pair have both since been stood down , while Pro Ref has acknowledged the mistake.

Speaking about the incident while on the Premier League’s Mic’d Up show, Webb called t “really disappointing” that neither official checked whether Fernandez was interfering. He explained:

> “We felt it was important that we acknowledged an error in the situation. We know that Erling Haaland was penalised for offside and wasn't in an offside position. We also know that Enzo Fernandez, who was in an offside position, almost certainly interfered with the Manchester United defence and probably the goalkeeper.

> “I was really disappointed with this outcome, we all were, none more than the officials. They take personal pride in what they do and they are hurting now after falling short in this situation. They will not be officiating until after the international break.

> “We have reached out to Manchester United and acknowledged the error, as we do when these things happen and they do not happen often. We want to ensure we are transparent and open. “We have played the audio and footage to the club to let them know what happened. We will review the situation to understand what elements of the process fell down in this situation which meant we didn't get to the right outcome.”

The audio exchange in the VAR room has now been revealed, explaining how the officials came to the final decision as the goal was wrongly allowed to stand.

> Assistant referees [Stuart Burt and Tim Wood]: "I'm going to go offside, Haaland."

> VAR: "Checking the on-field decision of offside against Haaland. He's tight. He's onside, so now we need to check the full attacking possession phase (APP).

> "Michael, Haaland's in an onside position, but I need to check the full APP now, standby. Go back to check if [Iliman] Ndiaye is onside when it is flicked. Quick, quick. Yes it’s fine, so it should be a goal. Let’s go, go, go.

> "No touch there [from Enzo Fernandez], confirm no touch. Clear gap. It's not a touch there is it? Goal. Michael, confirming that you need to change your decision to goal. Haaland is in an onside position. Final decision is goal. Check complete."

No doubt, the audio is only going to provoke more debate over VAR protocal.

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