Premier League Panel: Martinez Goal at Burnley Should Have Stood

Lisandro Martinez's goal for Manchester United at Burnley earlier this month should not have been ruled out by referee Stuart Attwell, the Premier League's Key Match Incidents (KMI) Panel has said. However, the KMI Panel supported the decision of VAR official Craig Pawson not to intervene and give the goal. Advertisement United trailed 1-0 in the 27th minute when Martinez thought he had equalised from a corner routine. The referee blew for a foul by the scorer on Kyle Walker which happened a few seconds before the goal. The KMI Panel voted 3-2 that it was not a foul and it should have been a goal on-field. But it was a 4-1 vote in favour of no VAR intervention. The panel felt that "the contact was exaggerated by Walker and the decision to disallow the goal for a foul was incorrect". It added: "The decision not to intervene by VAR was split but supported on the basis it wasn't a clear and obvious error." Walker's challenge on Patrick Dorgu, where the Manchester United defender appeared to be stood on, was not considered to be at the threshold for a KMI.