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Aston Villa receives the new verdict from the referee of Ollie Watkins after the fury of the finish line

Aston Villa receives the new verdict from the referee of Ollie Watkins after the fury of the finish line

Aston Villa suffered a 4-1 defeat against Crystal Palace on Tuesday and Osai Emery team felt frustrated when Morgan Rogers’s goal in the first half was rejected because Ollie Watkins was offside

Aston Villa was denied a draw in the first half against Crystal Palace on Tuesday
Aston Villa was denied a draw in the first half against Crystal Palace on Tuesday(Image: Getty images)

The former Premier League referee, Dermot Gallagher, has issued his verdict on the controversial offside of Ollie Watkins in the preparation of the not allowing Aston Villa’s goal in the first half against Crystal Palace.

After Ismaila Sar gave Palace the advantage in the 29th minute ,, Villa thought they had matched just before. Watkins was found behind the defense of the palace and the ball was replicated in the goal towards Morgan Rogers, who kept his composure before sliding beyond Dean Henderson.

However, after a long VAR verification, The objective was ruled out because it was judged that Watkins was out of the accumulation. The 29 -year -old man seemed to have diverted beyond Maxnce Lacroix.

The repetitions, from another angle, showed that Watkins could have been in fact, leaving some Villa Angry and frustrated fans. But now, Gallagher has dissected the objective not allowed on the Sky Sports reference clock.

When asked if Var reached the right decision, Gallagher said: “If technology said they did, then it is in fact. People feel frustrated because they are tight, but what we ask at the beginning was for it to be yes or no. You have to be careful what you want … the technology shows that it is just out of the time.

“This weekend in the Fa cupThey are behind the semi -automated offenses, so there will be another movement in a different area and we hope that people will hug him. I think it will work very well. “

As Gallagher mentioned, semi -automatized off -game technology will be used in seven ties of the fifth round of the FA Cup during the weekend, starting with the Villa game against Cardiff City on Friday. It is being introduced to help at the moment and the precision of off -game decisions and will be incorporated into the Premier League for the end of the season.

While the new technology could help, Unai Emery hopes that its side of the town can do the job and advance to the quarterfinals of the FA Cup for the first time in a decade. After four consecutive games of the Premier League, attention now resorts to other competitions for villains.

“We played many games in a few days in the Premier League,” Emery said. “We have to let the Premier League be in the corner and then we have to handle our frustration. We have to be motivated and excited (for the other competitions). We have to move forward and move on. We have to be motivated.”

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