‘New Maradona’ – Man City fans fume over Salah ‘handball’

Mo Salah scored a brilliant goal against Manchester City that gave Liverpool a massive three points, but supporters of the opposing team have now decided that the goal should not have stood.

Fans of Pep Guardiola’s side have insisted our number 11 handled the ball after he expertly converted Joao Cancelo at Anfield and many have posted videos of the moment online.

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Being labeled the ‘new Maradona’, the fact that countless angles show the Egyptian king not handling the ball doesn’t seem to matter and there doesn’t seem to be any concept of perspective either.

In the same way that most people aren’t tall enough to put their hand on the Eiffel Tower, the 30-year-old didn’t use his arm to control the ball; Fortunately, the club posted a video with all the angles of the Terminate and hopefully it’s comprehensive enough for some of these Manchester-based conspiracy theorists.

You can watch the video of Salah’s alleged handball via @HaaIandRole on Twitter and then a three-minute video showing him not handling it via Liverpool FC on YouTube:

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