![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/marco-silva-fumes-at-referee-michael-oliver-after-controversial-man-city-goal-stands/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_Screenshot-3379.jpg&description=Nathan Ake's goal in first-half stoppage time was allowed to stand despite Manuel Akanji being in an offside position, with Fulham boss Marco Silva left furious with referee Michael Oliver Fulham boss Marco Silva has blasted referee Michael Oliver after he allowed Manchester City's second goal against the Cottagers on Saturday to stand. Nathan Ake scored four minutes into first-half stoppage time, despite Manuel Akanji clearly influencing play while standing in an offside position. Neither Oliver, his assistants or VAR Tony Harrington saw fit to rule the goal out though, with the Fulham players left furious. Boss Silva was also fuming with the decision, remonstrating with fourth official Michael Salisbury. The goal did stand though, with City ultimately going on to secure a 5-1 thrashing of the visitors, though Silva was still incensed while conducting his post-match media duties. "That moment made a huge impact. Everyone that plays football, has some knowledge about football, are 100% sure they have to disallow that. It's impossible to not. It's a clear offside, it concerns us how that goal was not disallowed," he said. "The more you times you see that moment, the more sure you are to disallow it. Our players saw it, everyone on the pitch at that moment has the same opinion." Fulham skipper Tim Ream was also left furious and admitted to feeling frustrated that the goal had stood. The defender insisted that the decision had a key impact on the outcome of the game. HAVE YOUR SAY! Should Nathan Ake's goal been allowed to stand? Comment below. "You never want to lose a game like that. We had a good first half and a very much below average second half. We didn't show the same aggressiveness in the second half and results like that happen," he told Sky Sports. "They [City] have a lot of quality all over the pitch and coming off the bench, and if you aren't aggressive for 90 minutes plus then things can get out of hand very quickly. "From our point of view, whenever someo){kind=link}
Nathan Ake’s goal in first-half stoppage time was allowed to stand despite Manuel Akanji being in an offside position, with Fulham boss Marco Silva left furious with referee Michael Oliver
Fulham boss Marco Silva has blasted referee Michael Oliver after he allowed Manchester City’s second goal against the Cottagers on Saturday to stand.
Nathan Ake scored four minutes into first-half stoppage time, despite Manuel Akanji clearly influencing play while standing in an offside position. Neither Oliver, his assistants or VAR Tony Harrington saw fit to rule the goal out though, with the Fulham players left furious.
Boss Silva was also fuming with the decision, remonstrating with fourth official Michael Salisbury. The goal did stand though, with City ultimately going on to secure a 5-1 thrashing of the visitors, though Silva was still incensed while conducting his post-match media duties.
“That moment made a huge impact. Everyone that plays football, has some knowledge about football, are 100% sure they have to disallow that. It’s impossible to not. It’s a clear offside, it concerns us how that goal was not disallowed,” he said.