#2 Alexis Sanchez’s dubious hand-ball goal
Alexis Sanchez scored a memorable goal today, for all the wrong reasons. After a corner came into the box and an ensuing goal-mouth scramble, the Chilean forward scored after the ball clearly struck his hand and went in.
The goal was given by the referee Mark Clattenberg and his linesmen, who did not see the incident, despite replays showing that the ball did in-fact go in off Sanchez’s hand. Although it was a ricochet that the player could do nothing about – isn’t a hand-ball still a foul?
The deliberate/not deliberate grey area of the refereeing rules were once again called into question, nonetheless. It was very unfortunate for Hull City who were battling for everything in the game until then. It made it 1-0 to Arsenal and Marco Silva’s men faced an uphill struggle from then on.
Hull’s Andy Robertson confirmed that Clattenberg apologised to the Hull manager and players for the poor decision.
