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🎧 'I still think it looks offside'

Jean-Phillippe Mateta
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Former Leicester winger Matt Piper has accepted decisions will go against the Foxes this season.

Speaking on BBC Radio Leicester's When You're Smiling podcast about the controversial VAR review against Crystal Palace, Piper said: "I thought it was offside - like everyone else did. I thought the linesman got it spot on.

"The weird thing was about this situation is that when you see the stills on the TV, it didn't show James Justin, but they were clearly communicating with the referee saying Justin was keeping Mateta onside.

"We didn't see that image and no one else did. The images I've seen today, where you can see Justin in the still, Mateta still looks two yards offside - so it's not great."

The BBC's John Bennett added: "I don't go down the conspiracy route but I agree with Gary Lineker and what he said on Match of the Day. If it is that close, I think you have to stick with the on-field decision.

"Even after studying it, I still think it looks offside."

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