Lucas Moura Handball: Controversy erupts as VAR denies Harry Kane goal against Sheffield United

Tanish Chachra | 02/07/2020
Lucas Moura Handball: Controversy erupts as VAR denies Harry Kane goal against Sheffield United

Lucas Moura Handball: Controversy erupts as Premier League VAR denies a goal to Harry Kane against Sheffield United over shady handball.

The Premier League VAR once again surrounds itself around a controversy as it denied a goal to Harry Kane after it spotted a dubious handball by Lucas Moura.

Shortly after Sander Berge opened the scoring, Tottenham Hotspur burst into a decisive counter-attack, Moura was leading the ball into the opposition’s 18-yard-box but was fouled on the way.

While the Brazilian was tripping over the ground, he probably brushed the ball with his hand, but certainly had no control over his action and wasn’t even probably looking at the ball.

Meanwhile, Sheffield United’s defence tried to clear the ball, but the poor shot struck Moura (probably on hand too) and the ball got deviated towards Kane, who shot the ball past Dean Henderson to equalize the score.

But the VAR found it suspicious and re-checked the goal. Upon verifying, VAR decided to disallow the goal and keep the score 1-0 in favour of the Blades.

Meanwhile, Tottenham players and manager Jose Mourinho were infuriated and protested against the decision, claiming it to be a legal goal.

Whereas, even many fans on social media showed their disapproval with the decision and believed that it was unfair, as Moura was, first of all, fouled before he touched the ball, and additionally, he had no control over his body.

Nevertheless, VAR’s decision stood and Sheffield United was rescued by an alleged mistake of the technology. Now, it remains to be seen whats’s the future course of the game.

Post Edited By: Tanish Chachra
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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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