UNITED PULL OFF DIRTY TRICK

MANCHESTER UNITED deservedly won the Carabao Cup last Sunday but their first goal was the key moment and doesn’t sit well with me. When the free-kick was delivered, goalscorer Casemiro was onside but another United player, Wout Weghorst, was not and appeared to be deliberately blocking the run of two Newcastle defenders. It looked like a training ground move and it worked. Casemiro scored while unimpeded. But could one of the two Newcastle players have got round to challenge him? Not definitely, but possibly. So was Weghorst interfering with play? Absolutely. So why was he not called offside by the VAR officials? Because the offside law is a mess, that’s why.