Quote Originally Posted by The Bloop View Post
I thought the rule was that if the passage of play would result in a goal scoring opportunity, then they shouldn't flag as VAR would review the passage of play anyway.
I admit I'm trusting the BBC wording on this rather than looking up the actual rule, but here's the relevant piece

"Assistant referees are told to immediately raise their flag for offside if the passage of play is not a clear or immediate goalscoring opportunity, if the passage of play is going to the wing, or if they are certain the attacker is in an offside position and there is no risk of error."

I'd argue that my grandma could be certain the attacker was in an offside position here, and she's been dead for 10 years. I was watching in real time and if a linesperson can't be certain that was offside, then there is no point in them running up and down the line any more, in games with VAR just make them a second and third ref.