By Mark Clattenburg for the Daily Mail
Published: 22:30 GMT, 9 January 2019 | Updated: 23:15 GMT, 9 January 2019
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Harry Kane was in an offside position when the ball was played in the build-up to the award of his penalty against Chelsea — the VAR system got it wrong.
I wrote earlier this week that they made the right decision. However, having now examined a new view from a wider-angled 'tactical' camera, it shows Kane's upper body in an offside position. Chelsea found and produced this angle, but I believe an almost identical angle would also have been available to the VAR official (Chris Kavanagh), as it is there for off-the-ball incidents.
I have seen the reasoning from the referees' bosses PGMOL in defence of the decision, claiming the new angle is frozen after Toby Alderweireld has played the ball. I do not agree. Look at the body shape of Chelsea defender Marcos Alonso. It is the same in both the original frame used to make the decision and the new one when Alderweireld plays his pass.
Harry Kane was awarded a penalty against Chelsea but the officials got the decision wrong
The pictures seen by the VAR appeared to show that Kane was onside before being fouled
The 16-metre camera the VAR official studied does appear to show Kane onside through its use of the calibrated offside line. So Kavanagh would have been convinced, like the
