{"id":299760,"date":"2023-12-09T22:24:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T22:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=299760"},"modified":"2023-12-09T22:24:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T22:24:11","slug":"jamie-redknapp-slams-the-handball-law-as-terrible-and-ridiculous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/jamie-redknapp-slams-the-handball-law-as-terrible-and-ridiculous\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Redknapp slams the handball law as 'TERRIBLE' and 'RIDICULOUS'"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jamie Redknapp has slammed the ‘terrible’ handball rule after Arsenal’s Kai Havertz saw a last-gasp goal disallowed against Aston Villa.<\/p>\n
The two high-flying teams faced off at Villa Park on Saturday evening in a top-of-the-table clash.<\/p>\n
John McGinn’s seventh-minute strike was enough for Unai Emery’s side as they won their 15th home league game in a row, but Arsenal thought they had equalised late on.<\/p>\n
Havertz turned the ball home after a scramble in the box, but he was adjudged to have handled by referee\u00a0Jarred Gillett, before the decision was confirmed by VAR.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, Redknapp – who discussed the decision post-match with Karen Carney on Sky Sports\u00a0– hit out out the laws of the game, insisting they were ‘ridiculous’.<\/p>\n
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Jamie Redknapp slammed the handball law as ‘terrible’ after Kai Havertz had a goal ruled out<\/p>\n
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Havertz thought he had equalised against Aston Villa but he was adjudged to have handled<\/p>\n
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After a long check, VAR confirmed referee\u00a0Jarred Gillett’s on-field decision was correct<\/p>\n
‘I mean, unfortunately, it’s the rule,’ he fumed. ‘It’s a terrible rule that any time a ball touches a player’s hand and if a goal occurs after then it becomes a handball, which is ridiculous when you think about it.<\/p>\n
‘It’s a rubbish rule. How can that be handball? It looks like it could hit Matty Cash. It’s just rebounding around, it maybe drops, it’s ball to hand.<\/p>\n
‘I think that we’re getting ourselves in such a mess with these rules all the time. How on earth can that be handball when he’s not meant to do it? It’s a rubbish law.’<\/p>\n
When questioned, Mikel Arteta refused to openly criticise the officials as he cryptically said: ‘Clear and obvious. That\u2019s my opinion, that\u2019s all I can say. I can only repeat: clear and obvious.’<\/p>\n
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Arsenal’s players were fuming with the decision and Villa ultimately held out for a 1-0 victory<\/p>\n
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However, Redknapp felt something had to be done and called on the sport’s lawmakers to make a change to the rules.<\/p>\n
He added: ‘If we’re trying to help football, we’re trying to improve it and make it a better spectacle with more goals. The powers that be have to look at that and go, it’s a bad rule.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘It has grazed his arm, he’s not meant to do it. If he sticks his arm out and it hits his hand that will be handball anyway.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘But whoever’s decided to come up with that as the law, I think it’s ridiculous because it’s cost Arsenal a goal.’<\/p>\n
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