Sentence examples for had been offside from inspiring English sources

This, despite evidence that Juan Mata had been offside and directly in the goalkeeper Diego Benaglio's eyeline when the ball went in.

The contact was marginal with Ashley Young, who had been offside before receiving the ball and was arguably not the last man as he made to shoot.

Sergio Ramos had furiously sprinted to the linesman to insist that Lewandowski had been offside when the Pole turned neatly and nudged past López from seven yards.

The striker had been offside, but only very marginally, and it was a warning to Chelsea that they were living dangerously.

Walcott ran on to John Djourou's defensive header from an on-side position, but Bendtner, who had been offside, appeared to block Williamson as he attempted to cover across.

There was debate over whether it ought to go down as an own goal or one for Pivaric, while Wenger argued the Dinamo player had been offside, but the bottom line was that Arsenal had it all to do.

It may have been offside, but  rescued an initially off-colour Tottenham.

The replay suggests he might have been offside, by the way.

The visiting defenders may have believed the striker to have been offside, as he was quite isolated when he converted.

Real Madrid has scored 33 goals in the Champions League, with 90 shots on goal, and has been offside 46 times.

Then one counter, a shot deviated and [Gomis] may have been offside and they had a goal.