Originally Posted by
southernboy
How on earth was Fernandez awarded that goal. It’s the clearest OG I think I’ve ever seen.
I believe the rule is that if the ball was already on a trajectory where it would have ended up in the net anyway regardless of the defender's intervention, then it's not awarded as an own goal but given to the shooter, (and counted as an inconsequential deflection for the defender).
Having re-watched it several times, I guess you could say it's arguable whether or not Allisson could have saved it. So I guess they just had the home-field advantage and erred on the side of "no" and gave it to Fernandes.
It didn't matter in the end and that's all that counts.
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