Premier League issue official statement after Brighton vs Wolves incident analyzing the reason for councelling the goal

Brighton and Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton matchday action from Sussex World.

Albion had a first-half goal ruled out against Wolves at Molineux Stadium. Danny Welbeck looked like he had put Albion 1-0 up in the 24th minute after sweeping home a cross from six yards out and into the bottom corner of the Wolves goal. However, as Welbeck’s shot rolled past Jose Sa in the Wolves net, Yakuba Minteh stuck out a foot and went for the ball. Welbeck headed off to the Albion fans to celebrate, only to turn around and see the linesman’s flag raised. Video Assistant Referee James Bell checked the footage, and referee Michael Oliver’s onfield decision was confirmed. Explaining the decision, the Premier League Matchday Centre posted: “The referee’s call of no goal was checked and confirmed by VAR – with Minteh in an offside position and deemed to be making an obvious action which impacted the ability of an opponent to play the ball.” Welbeck managed to get himself on the scoresheet just four minutes later from the spot after Matheus Cunha brought down Mats Wieffer in the box.

The Premier League hasn’t issued an official statement regarding the Brighton vs Wolves incident yet. However, they did release a statement recently regarding a controversy in a different match.

In the Brighton vs Arsenal match, the Premier League explained why Declan Rice was sent off for a second bookable offense. According to the Premier League, Rice received his second yellow card for delaying the restart of the game. The statement read, “The referee issued a second yellow card to Declan Rice for delaying the restart”. This decision was made despite replays showing Rice didn’t deliberately attempt to block the restart ¹.

In another instance, the Premier League confirmed VAR’s decision to award a penalty to Brighton in their match against Arsenal. The penalty was awarded after William Saliba headbutted Joao Pedro, and the VAR deemed there was sufficient contact for a penalty. The statement said, “The referee’s call of penalty for a foul by Saliba on João Pedro was checked and confirmed by VAR, who deemed there was sufficient contact for a penalty” ².

To get the latest information on the Brighton vs Wolves incident, I recommend checking the Premier League’s official website or news outlets for updates.