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Offside?! Man Utd let off with disallowed Southampton goal

Manchester United were extremely fortunate to have a Southampton goal scored against them disallowed in their League Cup final victory on Sunday.

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Manolo Gabbiadini converted a short cross into the box 10 minutes in, but referee Andre Marriner ruled out the effort due to an offside call from the linesman.

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However, replays suggested it was Ryan Bertrand who was in an offside position, not Gabbiadini - and the full-back was inactive and not interfering with play, raising doubts about how correct the decision was.

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Less than 10 minutes later, Zlatan Ibrahimovic opened the scoring for Jose Mourinho's men with a rifled free kick from around 35 yards out.

Twitter users were quick to pour scorn on the officials' decision-making at Wembley.

Jesse Lingard then put United into a 2-0 lead before half time, capping an impressive passing move with a composed finish inside the far post, before Gabbiadini pulled two back for Saints to bring the score to 2-2.

But Ibrahimovic headed home the winner with just a few minutes left on the clock in the second half, ending Southampton's cup dreams - and making the offside goal early on all the more bitter.

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