Proposed law change for next season would have dumped Manchester United out of FA Cup

Manchester United would have been dumped out of the FA Cup if Arsene Wenger's radical solution to Video Assistant Referee controversy was already in operation. Erik ten Hag's side booked themselves a place in the final against Manchester City after defeating Coventry City in a penalty shootout on Sunday afternoon.

The Championship outfit were also denied a winning goal in the dying embers of extra-time after Haji Wright was controversially adjudged to be offside by VAR. Callum O'Hare clipped the 26-year-old striker in behind an unorganised Manchester United backline.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka appeared to play Wright onside, but the move continued. The Coventry City frontman found Victor Torp unmarked in the six-yard box and guided the ball beyond Andre Onana into the far corner.

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While Mark Robbins' side wheeled away in celebration, Michael Salisbury, alongside Peter Bankes and Nick Greenhalgh, reviewed the goal at Stockley Park. VAR eventually deemed Wright to be offside when unleashed by O'Hare in the build-up, ruling out Coventry City's late winner.

Fortunately for Manchester United, Wenger's controversial proposal to change the offside rule was shot down in flames otherwise they would've been eliminated from the FA Cup. Last year, the former Arsenal manager, who's now the chief of global football development at FIFA, suggested an amendment to the law which would give forwards more leeway and reduce the number of goals being disallowed due to the smallest of margins.

According to Spanish publication Marca, as quoted by the