Mark Clattenburg gives clear verdict on highly controversial Man City winner vs Wolves

Former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg has fixed his thoughts connected the arguable precocious victor scored by John Stones successful Manchester City's 2-1 triumph implicit Wolves

Mark Clattenburg insists referee Chris Kavanagh was close to award Manchester City's arguable winner against Wolves.

City bushed Wolves 2-1 acknowledgment to a precocious header from John Stones which was initially ruled retired aft Bernardo Silva was deemed to beryllium offside and interfering with Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa. However, Kavanagh overturned his determination aft reviewing the extremity connected the pitchside show pursuing a VAR check.

The determination has attracted plentifulness of controversy, with erstwhile City players Micah Richards and Daniel Sturridge admitting they felt Silva had "affected the play". However, erstwhile Premier League referee Clattenburg has defended Kavanagh's decision.

"Chris Kavanagh was wholly close successful making definite the victor stood," Clattenburg wrote successful a file for the Daily Mail. "Yes, Bernardo Silva was successful an offside presumption erstwhile John Stones crashed his header beyond Jose Sa, but there's much to it.

"You person to airs yourself the aforesaid questions Kavanagh volition person asked himself astatine the pitchside monitor. Firstly, was Silva blocking Sa's enactment of vision? The reply is no, due to the fact that erstwhile you spot the frost frame, he's dived retired of the mode to marque definite of that.

"Secondly, does Silva interaction Sa's quality to play the shot astatine the precise infinitesimal that Stones makes contact? Again, the reply is no, arsenic the header goes consecutive done the goalkeeper.

"It was telling that determination were nary protests from Sa oregon immoderate Wolves players. It was lone erstwhile Gary O'Neil and his coaching unit had watched the replay that they hoped to find a crushed — immoderate crushed — to get the extremity disallowed."

The Premier League lucifer centre besides released a statement connected societal media explaining the process down the decision. "Stones' extremity was disallowed on-field owed to Bernardo Silva being successful an offside presumption and successful the goalkeeper's enactment of vision," they said.

"The VAR deemed Bernardo Silva wasn't successful the enactment of imaginativeness and had nary interaction connected the goalkeeper and recommended an on-field review. The referee overturned his archetypal determination and a extremity was awarded."

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