Watch the video of Raheem Sterling scoring a blatant foul against Watford in the Premier League.
Manchester City had much control of the game, but they were not able to break down Watford’s resilient defence in the first half. However, they have been on the brighter side since the start of the second half with Raheem Sterling scoring a hattrick within 13 minutes to give an unassailable lead for the hosts.
The English International scored 41 seconds into the second, but the assistant referee flagged him offside which should have stood. Instead, the main referee took the matter in his hands to overturn the decision and give a lead for Pep Guardiola’s men.
The former Liverpool attacker scored from a tap-in and completed the hat-trick by going past two players and dink the ball over the goalkeeper Ben Foster. Watford’s Javi Gracia made a double substitution by bringing in Troy Deeney and Gerard Deulofeu.
The duo combined to cut down the deficit twenty one second after taking up the field in the second half. However, the first goal is the main talking point is the first goal.
RAHEEM STERLING’S OFFSIDE GOAL:
Here is the video of Raheem Sterling’s offside goal against Watford.
The ball was played from Riyad Mahrez and Sergio Aguero’s poor touch went to Raheem Sterling. Manchester City’s number 7 scored it past Ben Foster. However, the main referee was not sure and consulted with the linesman and overruled the decision which should have stayed.
Irrespective of Janmatt’s touch, the goal should not have stayed because Raheem Sterling was in an offside position when the ball went in. It was a laughable and horrendous decision.
The fans were fuming with that poor decision.
Even though Raheem Sterling scored an offside in the early seconds of the second half, his intelligence would not be withdrawn. The Manchester City forward was voted as the Man of the match for producing an excellent match changing display before getting substituted in the 62nd minute.
Manchester City have got two lucky decisions in their last two home games. Bernardo Silva went down too easily against West Ham which resulted in a penalty last week. Raheem Sterling has now scored a goal which should not have stayed.
VAR cannot come soon enough..
