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Former Premier League winning striker Chris Sutton said the law was well known among the players.<\/p>\n
“It’s clever from Luis Diaz really, because he knows he is onside once Tarkowski has played the ball,” he told BBC Sport.<\/p>\n
“I don’t think changing the law is a good idea. It’s more complicated than just this one scenario, because without having this subjective element, you would be back to where everything is offside.<\/p>\n
“If you are Everton, you feel slightly hard done by – I get that. But everything can’t be black and white unless you want to go back to the days where if anyone was offside, then that was the call.”<\/p>\n
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, former Liverpool left-back Stephen Warnock had a different point of view.<\/p>\n
“This is a problem within the rule book and this is where it stems from,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Because they look through the list of things and they go: ‘Was he interfering with play? No.’<\/p>\n
“Well, actually he is if you have played the game and understand the game. <\/p>\n
“If you are a couple of yards behind me and I am defending the edge of the box, my body is always on the half-turn, thinking: ‘Where are you and what are you doing?’ <\/p>\n
“Are you going to come and nip in front of me? Are you going to make a move and try to get yourself onside? So I am always reacting to you. My body is always sensing you and my eyeline is always drawn towards you and the ball, so I have constantly got my head on a swivel, so you’re affecting me.<\/p>\n
“And if you went in and spoke to all ex-professional players within the training centres or wherever they are and said ‘is he active in this position?’ they would all say ‘he is affecting me, 100%’.<\/p>\n
“But there is a tick-box sort of list within the offside rules, and that is an issue. You have got to use common sense at times, and you have got to understand the game.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n