There needs to be clear guidance going forward and a stance in applying the rules correctly. Regardless of contact of the ball not being made, that player’s presence as far as I am concerned impacted that passage of play as it would draw an opposition player to essentially monitor his movements. Akanji was right in point out this as a distraction. I mentioned last night inadvertently a decoy.
Players could use this as a tactic and a loophole by not touching the ball, being a dummy, but in an offside position. The ball was intended in essence into the path of Rashford even though the eventuality of it was Fernandes taking the final touch.
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