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Howard Webb: VAR 'tunnel vision' on Haaland

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Pro Ref chief Howard Webb says VAR missed Enzo Fernandez being offside for Erling Haaland's winning goal in the Manchester derby due to "tunnel vision". Webb is "really disappointed" by the decision to award the goal, initially ruled out on the field due to Haaland being flagged offside.

VAR checked and determined Haaland was onside but failed to account for Fernandez impacting play from an offside position. Fernandez dived for the ball before Haaland scored, hindering Lisandro Martinez and Senne Lammens, but his offside position was overlooked once VAR confirmed he hadn't touched the ball.

Webb told Mic'd Up: "The on-field decision was not against Fernandez; it was against Haaland. When the VAR starts their check, they see that Haaland is actually onside by three centimetres. The VAR gets super focused on Haaland. He establishes he is onside but when he runs it through the full APP, he doesn't truly evaluate the full impact of Fernandez. In that moment, he gets tunnel vision but it is down to the rest of his team to pull him out of that tunnel but unfortunately, that did not happen on this occasion. This goal should have been disallowed."

Officials' audio revealed the assistant VAR saying "Enzo, Enzo" and "I'm going to go offside, Haaland." The VAR confirmed no touch from Fernandez and awarded the goal. Webb added: "We felt it was important that we acknowledged an error... I was really disappointed with this outcome; we all were."