Howard Webb, babban jami'in gudanarwa na kula da Professional Referee Organisation (Pro Ref), ya yarda a fili cewa jami'an VAR sun fuskanci "tunnel vision" lokacin da suke tantance burin nasara na Erling Haaland a derby na Manchester — kuskure wanda ya haifar da a bar buri da ya kamata a soke ya tsaya.

Buri na Haaland an yi wa alama ta offside a farko a filin wasa, amma VAR ta shiga tsakani ta soke wannan shawarar bayan ta tabbatar da cewa dan wasan Manchester City yana cikin matsayi mai inganci. Abin da jami'an ba su lura da shi ba, duk da haka, shi ne cewa Enzo Fernandez — a matsayi na offside — ya shafi yanayin wasan sosai.

Yadda Fernandez ya shafi wasan

Yayin da ƙwallon ta ratsa cikin akwatin hukunci, Fernandez ya jefa kansa zuwa gare ta ba tare da taɓa ta ba. Wannan motsi kadai ya isa ya hana Lisandro Martinez, yana masa cikas don ya kore ƙwallon, kuma ya rikitar da mai tsaron gida Senne Lammens, wanda ba ya iya sanya kansa yadda ya saba.

A ƙarƙashin dokokin wasa, ana iya hukunta ɗan wasa don offside ba tare da taɓa ƙwallon ba — matuƙar ya tsoma baki ga abokin tarayya. Webb ya tabbatar da cewa motsin Fernandez ya cika wannan sharadin.

"Fernandez ba ya taɓa ƙwallon a zahiri, don haka bai aikata abin da muke kira laifin offside na ainihi na tsoma baki cikin wasan ba," Webb ya bayyana. "Amma ana iya hukunta ka har da idan ba ka taɓa ƙwallon ba."

Mayar da hankali na VAR kan Haaland ya zama mai tsada

Shawarar farko a filin wasa ta kasance a kan Haaland, ba Fernandez ba. VAR ta fara bincikenta, jami'an sun yi sauri sun tabbatar da cewa Haaland yana cikin matsayi mai inganci — da santimita uku kacal — kuma wannan binciken ya mamaye dukkan hankalinsu.

"VAR ya mai da hankali sosai kan Haaland," Webb ya ce. "Ya tabbatar da cewa yana cikin matsayi mai inganci amma yayin da ya yi bitar cikakken matakin mallakar farmaki, bai kimanta cikakken tasirin Fernandez ba da gaske. A wannan lokaci, ya samu tunnel vision — amma ya rage wa sauran ƙungiyarsa su fitar da shi daga wannan hali, kuma abin takaici wannan bai faru ba."

Rubuce-rubucen sadarwar VAR sun bayyana cewa mataimakan jami'an sun nuna zuwa Fernandez a farkon binciken kafin a juyar da hankali gaba daya zuwa matsayin Haaland. Da zarar tsarin ya tabbatar da cewa Fernandez bai taɓa ƙwallon ba, an bar babbar tambayar tsoma baki.

Webb ya tuntuɓi Manchester United

Webb ya ce yana "da takaici sosai" game da sakamakon kuma ya tabbatar da cewa Pro Ref ta tuntuɓi Manchester United kai tsaye don yarda da kuskuren da kuma raba rikodin sauti da bidiyo masu dacewa. Jami'an da abin ya shafa ba za su yi kula da wani wasa ba sai bayan hutun ƙasa da ƙasa.

"Ya kamata a soke wannan buri," Webb ya ce a fili. "Muna son tabbatar da cewa muna da gaskiya kuma muna buɗe."

Pro Ref ta ce za ta gudanar da cikakken bitar tsarin don gano inda binciken ya gaza kuma ta hana maimaitawar wannan sakaci.