Ian Holloway in some way Thinks the new Handball Rule Is linked To Brexit

Ian Holloway bizarrely blamed the ecu for the brand new handball rule that controversially denied Manchester metropolis a win against Tottenham Hotspurs in the Premier League at the weekend.

Saturday evening's Premier League game saw the first use of the new rule that potential that any use of the arm in the scoring of, or lead up to, a purpose, even unintended, will imply the purpose is ruled out.

city concept they'd scored a winner in injury time however VAR confirmed the ball had hit Aymeric Laporte's arm on the way via to Gabriel Jesus. Holloway wasn't having the brand new rule and, speaking on Sky sports' 'the debate,' determined the eu was guilty for 'telling us a way to do our personal game.'

the former QPR manager couldn't had been a great deal additional from the fact notwithstanding, with England and Britain having a big impact on the brand new rule.

Lawmakers the foreign soccer association Board (IFAB) are made of eight representatives, four coming from England, N ireland, Scotland, Wales and four from FIFA and former Premier League referee David Elleray is technical director of the board.

On good of all of that the rule was first discussed after Wolves scored of their domestic video game with metropolis in the league last season.

Willy Boly opened the scoring within the online game in August remaining year when he went to go the ball from a go but the ball narrowly ignored his head and hit his hand on how to rating.

because it changed into unintentional contact with the arm it wasn't disallowed but it surely shone extra gentle on an issue that had additionally been mentioned as a result of Laurent Koscielny's intention against Burnley for Arsenal in 2016.

Koscielny's intention become an damage time winner and came off his hand. photograph: PA photographs

or not it's no longer the first time this yr an English supervisor has weirdly decided to carry up Britain leaving the ecu.

In January Neil Warnock blamed his struggles in the transfer market on the shortcoming of circulate on Brexit announcing, "I consider once the country knows what they are doing, it can be simple [to make signings] ... Any transfer window is difficult for me, not simply this one.

"...I can't wait to get out of it, if i am sincere. I feel we are going to be some distance enhanced out of the bloody issue. In each aspect. soccer-intelligent as neatly, fully. To hell with the rest of the world."

Transfers, handballs and straight bananas, the european has lots to reply for.

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