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Aston Villa v Brentford

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Abrahams goal...

Disallowed for ball out of play.
Lots of Villa fans moaning about how far back VAR can go, some complaining that if VAR knew it was out of play why didnt they tell the ref before the goal (the goal was about 30 seconds later).
Some even saying that as Kelleher saved the initial shot the APP resets (Abraham scored the rebound).

My understanding of APP is when the attack is realised and starts.
In this case, when Bailey kicks the ball back in.
His "pass" is cleared long and Aston Villa are on the front foot now down the left, cuts in and shoots, shot saved but Abraham scores rebound.
Brentford have not been able to reset properly is what some have said is part of VARs protocols but if the ball hadn't had gone out they wouldn't have been able to reset anyway and were not out of position because of the wrong on field call (no way could assistant have been able to see it by the way).
So, question is, how far back do you go? Is the ball out of play at the very beginning when you start? Is there a time limit (let's pretend Villa are Man City and like to pass it about for 5 minutes before scoring), section of field you discount?
I know the answer, or I think i know the answer, and that is when the attack is clear and visibly starting (in this case the punt up field that led to the initial shot) but this punt came after the ball out of play and only exists because of the ball out of play.
 
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Very surprised they went that far back, if there was a missed foul by the Villa player in that corner I highly doubt they would have gone back.

Would be prudent for them to release the picture showing the ball was clearly out.
 
Very surprised they went that far back, if there was a missed foul by the Villa player in that corner I highly doubt they would have gone back.

Would be prudent for them to release the picture showing the ball was clearly out.
You say that far back, but it was just 19 seconds from incident to goal and about 10 touches.
 
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There have been situations where it's less than that and they said the foul was too far back. If the Brentford players had played to the whistle and hadn't stopped they would've been able to defend it.
 
There have been situations where it's less than that and they said the foul was too far back. If the Brentford players had played to the whistle and hadn't stopped they would've been able to defend it.
Example? It’s about when the APP starts, not about time.
 
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