Why VAR was not used for Harry Maguire’s FA Cup winner against Leicester

Harry Maguire was Manchester United’s leader successful their FA Cup 4th circular triumph implicit Leicester City with a extremity that would possibly person been ruled retired connected different day.

Trailing astatine the interruption aft different wretched first-half show astatine Old Trafford, United showed immoderate beingness successful the second-half with Alejandro Garnacho coming disconnected the seat to assistance his side.

Joshua Zirkzee levelled for the hosts aft 68 minutes with the necktie heading towards extra-time.

Maguire roseate to conscionable Fernandes’ escaped footwear to bail his broadside retired with a good header 2 minutes into added clip but the England planetary appeared to person strayed offside arsenic helium met the ball.

The linesman did not rise his emblem nevertheless and with nary video adjunct referee [VAR] successful play, the extremity stood.

Maguire’s extremity would astir surely person been chalked disconnected had VAR been present. However, the FA announced precocious past twelvemonth the strategy would not beryllium utilized successful this contention until the 5th roadworthy onwards.

A connection from the FA successful December said: ‘Video Assistant Referees (VAR) volition lone beryllium utilized successful the 2024-25 Emirates FA Cup from the Fifth Round onwards.

‘It has been agreed that VAR volition beryllium utilised for each lucifer successful the Fifth Round of the contention done to the Final astatine Wembley Stadium, and volition not beryllium successful cognition for the Third and Fourth Rounds.

‘VAR has lone been utilized successful the Emirates FA Cup antecedently for matches astatine Wembley Stadium and astatine Premier League grounds owed to the infrastructure, workforce and costs that are required for its operation.

‘This determination ensures that determination is simply a accordant refereeing attack for each clubs taking portion successful the aforesaid signifier of the competition.’

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