{"id":105547,"date":"2025-10-26T20:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T20:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/105547\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T20:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T20:48:08","slug":"mark-clattenburg-offers-clear-verdict-on-evertons-disallowed-goal-against-spurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/105547\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Clattenburg offers &#8216;clear&#8217; verdict on Everton&#8217;s disallowed goal against Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Everton were denied an equaliser in the first half against Tottenham Hotspur, and Mark Clattenburg has shared his opinion on whether the referee made the right decision.<\/p>\n<p>A goal from stand-in <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/tottenham-hotspur\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spurs<\/a> skipper Micky van de Ven gave the Lilywhites the lead after 19 minutes at Hill Dickinson Stadium but <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/everton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Everton<\/a> didn\u2019t take long to reply.<\/p>\n<p>An inswinging corner from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall was nodded home by Jake O\u2019Brien just five minutes later, but after a lengthy VAR review and a visit to the monitor for Craig Pawson, the goal was chalked off.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btbf-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@BeyondTheBackFour?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"object-fit:unset\" src=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/podcast\/btbf-title.svg\" alt=\"\"\/>   Click to subscribe to the podcast <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"object-fit:unset;height:30px;width:fit-content\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/podcast\/youtube.svg\" alt=\"\"\/>   <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Everton fans were furious with the decision, with both Iliman Ndiaye adjudged to have impeded Guglielmo Vicario from an offside position as the ball came into the box. So, should the goal have stood?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2230156697-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"David Moyes shouting instructions during Everton's game against Leeds United\" class=\"wp-image-977398\" \/>Photo by DARREN STAPLES\/AFP via Getty ImagesMark Clattenburg\u2019s verdict on Everton\u2019s disallowed goal<\/p>\n<p>We asked former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg what his thoughts on the matter were, and he told TBR Football exclusively that Pawson made the right decision.<\/p>\n<p>Clattenburg said: \u201cIt was a correct decision to disallow the goal after Ndiaye was judged to have interfered with Spurs goalkeeper Vicario. There was a clear contact which impacted the goalkeeper\u2019s ability to save the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While some will say this is something of a subjective call, there is certainly precedent for such a situation and the FA rules are pretty clear on the matter, too.<\/p>\n<p>As per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefa.com\/football-rules-governance\/lawsandrules\/laws\/football-11-11\/law-11---offside\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Law 11 in the FA\u2019s rulebook<\/a>, it is stated: \u201cA player in an offside position at the moment the ball is played or touched by a team-mate is only penalised on becoming involved in active play by: interfering with play by playing or touching a ball passed or touched by a team-mate or interfering with an opponent by preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the opponent\u2019s line of vision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"698\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2239148226-1024x698.jpg\" alt=\"Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario against Leeds United.\" class=\"wp-image-992577\" \/>Photo by Michael Regan\/Getty ImagesGuglielmo Vicario has always struggled to deal with set-pieces<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham Hotspur fans know all about Guglielmo Vicario\u2019s weaknesses when it comes to dealing with set-pieces.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/guglielmo-vicarios-latest-display-should-deter-tottenham-from-signing-278000-per-week-star\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vicario played a starring role in Spurs\u2019 last outing<\/a> in the Champions League, but his command of his area leaves a lot to be desired.<\/p>\n<p>In many ways, the Italian is the main reason that referees have started to clamp down on opposition players being too intrusive and aggressive in the box in terms of interfering with goalkeepers.<\/p>\n<p>Vicario has been caught out time and time again over the last two seasons, and it\u2019s the one area of his game he must improve. He may well be a little bit lucky to have got away with that one today against Everton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Everton were denied an equaliser in the first half against Tottenham Hotspur, and Mark Clattenburg has shared his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[15138,42,43,40,38,41,39,3568],"class_list":{"0":"post-105547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-everton","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-top-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topnews","14":"tag-topstories","15":"tag-tottenham-hotspur"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}