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Originally Posted by sherer
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also at the weekend Andy gray was talking about the Liverpool goal v Boro.. during that goal Morientes was standing off side but the ball wasn't played to him.. it came off a Boro bloke and went to him and Andy was talking about how he was inactive etc.. surely the same thing happened with the Fletcher "goal" as it came back from the keeper he would have been on-side ?
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From the Laws of the game...
Gaining an advantage by being in that position means playing a ball that rebounds to him off a post or the crossbar having been in an offside position or playing a ball that rebounds to him off an opponent having been in an offside position.
Though this leads me to believe that a ball which is deflected by a defender (not deliberately played) should be offside as well. I can't remember the Liverpool goal so not sure which case it was.