Manchester City 5-1 Fulham: Marco Silva says it should be 'impossible' to allow controversial goal - VAR has lot to answer for
Fulham manager Marco Silva vented his frustration over a contentious VAR decision to allow Man City's second goal, scored by Nathan Ake, to stand; former Premier League referee Mike Dean agreed the goal should have been chalked off; Erling Haaland also believes Fulham were hard done by
Saturday 2 September 2023 20:54, UK
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Fulham manager Marco Silva claimed it should have been «impossible» to allow Man City's contentious second goal to stand, wit the game poised at 1-1.
Erling Haaland fired another hat-trick as City maintained their 100 per cent Premier League start with a 5-1 home victory, but the game wasn't without its controversy.
The Cottagers had been holding their own against the treble winners at the Etihad Stadium when City went 2-1 ahead on the stroke of half-time with a Nathan Ake header.
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Fulham argued long and hard that City defender Manuel Akanji, stood in an offside position, had interfered with the ball and impacted goalkeeper Bernd Leno.
Despite a VAR review and further lengthy protests, the goal was given and City went on to win comfortably.
«The second half was not at the level that it should be,» Silva said. «I tried to tell the players not to lose focus from things that we cannot control but, of course, that moment made a huge impact on them.
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»Even all the explanations that we listened to during that period didn't make sense at all.
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