How did Guehi 'assist' allow Barry to score when offside?

Everton's Thierno Barry effectively gained from being offside when Manchester City's Marc Guehi teed him up to score on Monday. By Dale Johnson Football issues correspondent Everton 's pulsating 3-3 draw with Manchester City was full of drama - late goals, a defensive calamity and, of course, a bit of video assistant referee (VAR) controversy. At the top of the list was Thierno Barry's first goal, with the Everton striker benefiting from being in an offside position thanks to a bizarre "assist" from City's Marc Guehi. Toffees boss David Moyes said he was "amazed" his side were not given a penalty when Bernardo Silva dragged down Merlin Rohl in the final five minutes. And then there was the potential red card for Everton defender Michael Keane, flying into a challenge on Jeremy Doku.

Paul Howard, the VAR, stayed out of all three decisions and left them with the on-field call of referee Michael Oliver. Barry was waiting on the shoulder of Guehi, weighing up when to make his move as Rohl played a through ball. While Barry had started to move towards Guehi, he was not placing the opponent under pressure. Inexplicably, Guehi under hit a back pass which Barry latched on to to score. Barry was offside and the assistant raised his flag to disallow the goal initially, but he was quickly overruled by Oliver.

The law asks a few key questions: Did Barry do anything which could have caused Guehi to rush, or to influence his poor pass? Barry did move towards the ball, but did that really impact Guehi? And did Guehi have full expectation of a controlled outcome from playing the ball? "Barry is in an offside position when the ball is played but it's down to Guehi," former Manchester City and Everton defender Andy Hinchcliffe said on Sky Sports. Marcus Rashford, from an offside position, ran after the ball but did not touch it and Fernandes came in from behind to score.

Everton have prior experience, too. In April last year, Liverpool 's Luis Diaz was standing offside behind James Tarkowski as the centre-back attempted to intercept a loose ball. The Everton manager wanted a spot-kick after Rohl was pulled to the ground by Bernardo Silva at an 85th-minute corner. Last season, Southampton's Jack Stephens was sent off via a VAR review for pulling the hair of Chelsea 's Marc Cucurella when the ball was out. But Everton fans argue it was still happening when James Garner kicked the ball, and that VAR should have intervened.

The VAR stats show why Everton feel so frustrated. Everton have suffered only one error this season, when they should have been awarded a penalty on VAR review at home to Arsenal . Doku had seen his run down the left flank abruptly ended by Keane. All your football quizzes in one place Everton's Thierno Barry effectively gained from being offside when Manchester City's Marc Guehi teed him up to score on Monday. How did Guehi 'assist' allow Barry to score when offside?