Two of the goals scored during the DStv Premiership match between Lamontville Golden Arrows and Kaizer Chiefs should not have stood, according to renowned former referee Victor Hlungwani.
Chiefs were handed their fifth league defeat of the season at Mpumalanga Stadium in Hammarsdale, courtesy of a Knox Mutizwa brace while Sifiso Hlanti scored a header for the travelling Amakhosi.
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For Arrows it was third straight win that keeps them on second spot in the log table, a point ahead of SuperSport United and four points behind log leaders Mamelodi Sundowns.
However, reviewing the encounter on SABC Sports' Soccer Zone, retired referee Hlungwani ruled that Sfiso Hlanti's header should not have stood, as well as Mutizwa's late winner as both goals were legally offside.
"You can see [Sifiso] Hlanti is in an offside position.
"He's nearer to his opponents goal line than both the ball and the second last opponent, so he's clearly the offside position, but we have to wait and see if it will interfere with play or with an opponent.
Let's have a look here at it there, the ball is played, he interferes with play. The flag should have gone up there to say 'Hlanti, offside'. That goal should not have been allowed because of the offside reason; interfering with play.
"Again, another offside situation, remember we said offside is interfering with play, interfering with an opponent or gaining an advantage by being in that position.
"Let's look at that player – Ryan Moon, he is in an offside position. If he is interfering with the line of vision of the goal keeper, then that player is ruled offside.
"You can see the keeper can't clear the see the ball because there is a player in an offside position, so that is interfering with an opponent," he concluded.
Chiefs return to action with a DStv Premiership against Cape Town Spurs on Wednesday, 8 November at FNB Stadium.
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