Goalline Tech Firm Apologises After Villa Escape With Point On Premier League Return
Aston Villa’s Norwegian goalkeeper Orjan Nyland falls back into the goal holding the ball as the Sheffield United players celebrate a goal which wasn’t awarded during the English Premier League football match between Aston Villa and Sheffield United at Villa Park in Birmingham, central England on June 17, 2020.
“The seven cameras located in the stands around the goal area were significantly occluded by the goalkeeper, defender, and goalpost. This level of occlusion has never been seen before in over 9,000 matches that the Hawk-Eye Goal Line Technology system has been in operation,” a statement said. The non-award of the goal was a dramatic moment in the Premier League’s first match after 100 days in coronavirus lockdown, in a season already marred by arguments over the effectiveness of VAR before the pandemic hiatus.
Just before kick-off at Villa Park referee Michael Oliver blew his whistle and all 22 players and the officials went down on one knee for around 10 seconds. United travelled to Villa Park on three buses to maintain social distancing and walked into the stadium wearing black protective masks with the club badge on.
In a change to the usual sight of teams walking out together, there was a staggered entry on to pitch and no handshakes before kick-off.
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