Webb says he is "really disappointed" by the decision to award the goal, which was initially ruled out on the field due to Haaland being flagged offside. VAR then checked the incident and determined the striker was onside but failed to account for Enzo Fernandez impacting play from an offside position. Haaland's goal was a mistake - but why did it happen?Premier League fixtures & scores | FREE PL highlights▶️Got Sky? Watch Premier League games LIVE on your phone📱Not got Sky? Latest Sky Sports deals or stream PL games with no contract📺 Fernandez dived for the ball before it was steered home by Haaland, and despite severely hindering Lisandro Martinez and Senne Lammens, Fernandez's offside position was overlooked once the VAR officials had confirmed he had not touched the ball - even though a player can be offside without touching the ball. Webb told Mic'd Up: "The on-field decision was not against Fernandez; it was against Haaland. When the VAR starts their check, they see that Haaland is actually onside by three centimetres. "The VAR gets super focused on Haaland. He establishes he is onside but when he runs it through the full APP (attacking possession phase), he doesn't truly evaluate the full impact of Fernandez. "In that moment, he gets tunnel vision but it is down to the rest of his team to pull him out of that tunnel but unfortunately, that did not happen on this occasion. "This goal should have been disallowed." What the officials said... Assistant VAR: Enzo, Enzo. VAR: Possible offside. Assistant VAR: I'm going to go offside, Haaland. Referee: On-field decision is offside. VAR: Checking the on-field decision of offside against Haaland. He's tight. He's onside, so now we need to check the full attacking possession phase (APP). Haaland's in an onside position, but I need to check the full APP. Go back to see if [Iliman] Ndiaye is onside when it is flicked. Yes. Go, go, go, so it should be a goal. No touch there [from Enzo Fernandez], confirm no touch. Clear gap. It's not a touch there is it? Goal. Michael, confirming that you need to change your decision to goal. Haaland is in an onside position. Final decision is goal; check complete. Webb: VAR had 'tunnel vision' on Haaland and missed Enzo offside Pro Ref chief operating officer Howard Webb: "We felt it was important that we acknowledged an error in the situation. We know that Erling Haaland was penalised for offside and wasn't in an offside position. "We also know that Enzo Fernandez, who was in an offside position, almost certainly interfered with the Manchester United defence and probably the goalkeeper. "I was really disappointed with this outcome; we all were. None more than the officials. They take personal pride in what they do and they are hurting now after falling short in this situation. They will not be officiating until after the international break. "We have reached out to Manchester United and acknowledged the error, as we do when these things happen and they do not happen often. We want to ensure we are transparent and open. "We have played the audio and footage to the club to let them know what happened. We will review the situation to understand what elements of the process fell down in this situation which meant we didn't get to the right outcome. "Fernandez doesn't actually touch the ball, so he has not committed what we would call a factual offside offence of interfering with play. "But you can still be penalised even if you do not touch the ball. In this situation, as the ball comes across, we see Fernandez dive towards the ball and he gets close to it. "That impacts [Lisandro] Martinez; he cannot come and clear the ball. It probably impacts [Senne] Lammens as well, he cannot dive in the way he would or sets himself for potential contact from Fernandez. "It is impacting the defence in a couple of ways as a result of the actions he makes in the offside position." Analysis: If VAR can't get the easy ones right, why are we using it at all? Sky Sports' Laura Hunter: Pro Ref should not get a pardon for simply admitting their mistake on this one. A full-scale review into how is what they owe the players and clubs involved given it determined the outcome of the game. "VAR also deemed that while in an offside position, Enzo Fernandez didn't play the ball," is what the Premier League's match centre posted on X in real time. The offside rule appears to have been forgotten here, or at least the full extent of it. VAR do confirm "no touch" by Fernandez, but fail to recognise he is live in the move. That element is not subjective. The Man City midfielder clearly impacts both Lisandro Martinez and Senne Lammens and yet neither are mentioned. Nor does Michael Oliver question it. Does he communicate with the linesman to determine who was actually flagged offside? Was it Fernandez, Haaland or both? A chronological check of the incident with the correct laws applied would have simply finished with Fernandez. Instead, the video officials spent nearly three minutes presiding over a goal that most casual observers could determine should not have stood with just one replay. There are no excuses for such a catastrophic failing, but it's probably worth labouring the point that, if forensic technology cannot stamp out even the most basic of officiating mistakes, should we be using it at all? 'No one is hurting more than VAR officials - they're human' Sky Sports News' Kaveh Solhekol: "I do have an element of sympathy for the VAR and his assistant - they made a mistake. A lot of football fans, particularly Man Utd supporters, will feel it is an unforgivable mistake. "If you are a VAR and officiating a game as big as the Manchester derby, you really should not be making mistakes of this magnitude. "But having said that, human beings are human beings. No one is hurting more than the VAR and his assistant. I imagine they've had sleepless nights over this and are replaying what happened over and over again for weeks and months to come. "Human beings make mistakes and on this occasion, two human beings made a really big mistake which I'm sure they're going to regret for a long time."

The Reds were held to their third draw across their opening four Premier League games following the 0-0 against Fulham at Anfield on Saturday and now sit in seventh place. They face a struggling Tottenham side in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday before Andoni Iraola returns to Bournemouth, with both games being shown live on Sky Sports ahead of the international break. "Unbeaten but unsatisfied," is how Sky Sports' Adam Bate described the performance against Fulham as an underwhelming start to the new season continued. Merson has echoed that sentiment while also raising concerns about Iraola, as well as big-money signings Florian Wirtz and Bradley Barcola. Transfer Centre LIVE! | Liverpool news & transfers🔴Liverpool fixtures & scores | FREE Liverpool highlights▶️Got Sky? Watch Premier League games LIVE on your phone📱Not got Sky? Latest Sky Sports deals or stream PL games with no contract📺 Read below for the Magic Man's thoughts as he also discusses the key problems causing the struggles at Tottenham, whether or not Aston Villa are genuine relegation contenders, and the gulf in quality Arsenal have created at the top of the table. 'Is Iraola finding it more difficult than expected?' I'm worried for Liverpool at the moment, in a way, because that was a bad result on Saturday. That was a very bad result. I don't know if the manager is finding it a bit more difficult than he probably would after making the jump from Bournemouth to Anfield. No disrespect to Bournemouth but if they draw at home to Fulham 0-0, it is not a problem. Liverpool draw at home to Fulham, it is headline news. That is what he's got to get used to as well. He's got to let the shackles off, open it up a bit. You watch the games now, every weekend that goes past, Man City and Arsenal are so far ahead of everybody else. It's mind-blowing how big the gulf is. Wirtz worry and was Barcola the right option for Liverpool? I don't know how long they can wait on Florian Wirtz. I'm a big fan of him, I think he's a special player. But it isn't working; it just isn't working. I don't know how long they can wait. I also like Bradley Barcola, but I'm not sure if he was what they needed. If you said to me, what's Barcola's game? He's quick. Now, you play at Liverpool, you don't really have to be that quick. You don't have to be like the fastest man in the Premier League. You've got to have a bit more. And at the moment, I am not sure. He'll have his games, don't get me wrong, but I think they needed someone with more guile. Mohamed Salah, when he ripped it up, had that guile and that is why he was so successful at the club. You don't just need pace at Liverpool. No one has a go at Liverpool. Everyone sits players behind the ball. There's no other tactics and that is a worry. Mindset and confidence is the key problem at Spurs The first 15, 20 minutes I thought they were outstanding [vs Everton]. I thought the way they passed it, moved it, it caused problems for Everton. But they didn't get that goal. And when they don't get that goal, then that mindset sets in again. I think they'd still be playing now [without scoring], wouldn't they? That is the problem. They need to score early. And confidence is the thing as well. I say any footballer, I don't care if you're under 10s or professional, if you can bottle one thing, it's confidence. And at the moment, they just haven't got that confidence and the belief. And that's the problem, that belief. Arsenal will defend title comfortably I think they will win the Premier League by double digits. I think they'll win it easy. I look at Arsenal's fixtures; Man City away, Man United away, Chelsea away, Liverpool away. After those four games, I don't know who's beating Arsenal. They're just a hard, hard team to beat. I don't see them losing a lot of football matches this season. The shackles are off a bit. No one can call Arsenal bottle jobs anymore. So the pressure is off. And they just play with that feeling like they've had an email through and told them, 'you know what the score is going to be already'. I just watched them against Villa, and you watch them against Sunderland, and there's no panic. They play, it's patient. They will score in the end and the opposition won't. That is the way they are at the moment. Are Villa genuine relegation contenders? No, no. I think they have too many good players, if I'm being honest. I think it was a terrible result against Nottingham Forest. It was worrying. They were dominating but couldn't score a goal. But I'd be shocked if they got relegated. They've got too many good players and they've got one of the best managers in the business. They're just having a little bit of a time at the moment. I do think this is a big game this weekend [vs Tottenham], though. It's a huge game. Down at the bottom, if you're down there, you're down there. I don't worry about Tottenham or Villa, but I think it's a big game for both teams because it's a momentum swinger. You win it, then you can kick on after the international break. It's a big football match. Watch Liverpool vs Tottenham in the Carabao Cup live on Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Main Event from 7pm on September 15. Kick-off 9pm.

White-ball captain Brook (114no off 49 balls) - who nailed six boundaries in one over - and predecessor in that role Buttler (80 off 44) plundered 128 from just 60 balls in partnership for England's second wicket once debutant Aneurin Donald (12 off 5) fell after slamming a six and a four amid a bright but fleeting cameo. Brook and Buttler had combined for a riotous stand of 233 from 103 balls at the same venue in July as England romped to a total of 257-3 against India that secured a 4-0 series sweep, with Buttler tonking a century on that occasion and Brook an unbeaten 95. Latest Sky Sports deals or stream with no contract on NOWIs Harry Brook more talented than Kevin Pietersen?As it happened - England hammer Sri Lanka at Utilita BowlListen to latest episode of the Sky Sports Cricket Podcast This time around the roles were reversed with Buttler - playing his first innings since the Hundred final at Lord's on August 16 - missing out on a ton but Brook reaching three figures for the second time in T20 internationals, doing so from just 42 deliveries as he mixed big hits with slick, intense running. No wonder England legend Pietersen, who scored almost 14,000 runs in all international cricket between 2004 and 2014, was smiling throughout. That expression continued as Sri Lanka subsided to 135 all out in 19 overs in reply, to suffer a 13th successive defeat to their opponents in this format, stretching back to 2014, and England made it 21 wins from their last 24 T20Is. The pacey, accurate and economical Sonny Baker bagged 3-12 from four overs, including bowling Kamil Mishara (10) to claim his first white-ball wicket for England, while leg-spin maestro Adil Rashid (1-31) nicked off Dasun Shanaka (24 off 14) with a peach of a delivery having just been belted for back-to-back sixes. KP watches on as Brook dazzles at Utilita Bowl Brook's innings was a joy to watch, with his expert ability to pick up length on full display in the 30-run fifth over of the game when he struck Sri Lankan left-arm spinner Dunith Wellalage for six boundaries in as many deliveries (three sixes, three fours). Brook's first boundary in that set, a six onto the cushion at long-on, was a little edgy but his next five were sublime - fours over the bowler's head and down to long-on, a scooped six over fine leg, a maximum over long-off and, finally, a four behind point. Only Phil Salt - missing this series due to a quad injury, hence why Derbyshire batter Donald has been handed a chance - has hit a faster T20I hundred for England than Brook, taking 39 balls against South Africa in 2025 when the team amassed 304-2 in Manchester. Former England Test captain Ben Stokes took to social media to say: "I don't even think the genius of KP could come close to what Brook has talent-wise. You are an absolute freak, Harry. You're mint to watch." Stokes would later add: "Bit harsh on KP actually. Both are freak talents but Brook is better in my opinion." Baker bags first white-ball wickets as Sri Lanka subside Brook then rotated his bowlers smartly in the second half of the game as Sri Lanka's monumental task was made practically impossible when they started slowly and then tumbled to 69-5 inside the first 10 overs of a sorry chase, one in which Wellalage (33 off 21) top-scored, crunching four fours and two sixes. Brook's boys - for whom seamer Jamie Overton (2-20) and spinner Liam Dawson (2-23) shared four wickets - will now hope to wrap up a series win with a game to spare in Cardiff on Thursday (6.30pm start), ahead of the final match at Emirates Old Trafford on Saturday (2.30pm start). Both fixtures are live on Sky Sports Cricket. Welshman Donald will be looking to make a more sustained impact in the country of his birth in the second T20 - the 29-year-old came through the Glamorgan academy and is the Cardiff county's first homegrown international since 2005 Ashes hero Simon Jones. After Donald heaved a maximum leg-side and drilled four through extra-cover next ball, he spooned Wellalage down the ground, before watching on as Brook and Buttler made mincemeat of the tourists' bowling attack - the duo spanking 28 boundaries between them. Brook hoping to learn from 'hero' Pietersen England captain and player of the match Harry Brook on Kevin Pietersen: "[Pietersen] looked at batting slightly differently, in a similar way to me as well. He always wants to put the bowlers under pressure. "He was a phenomenal player. The way he accessed different areas of the ground made it really tricky to captain and bowl to, and I'm looking forward to conversations about that. "I mentioned to him earlier about trying to help me read surfaces and using my skills to perform on that pitch as well, not just for white-ball cricket, Test cricket as well. "Hopefully he can have a big impact on my career. He's a hero to a lot of players. We grew up watching him and it's just awesome to have a man of his calibre in the changing room." Watch England's second T20 vs Sri Lanka live on Sky Sports Cricket and Sky Sports Main Event from 6pm on Thursday (6.30pm first ball). Latest Sky Sports deals or stream no contract with NOW. England vs Sri Lanka results and fixtures All times UK and Ireland; all games live on Sky Sports First T20 (Utilita Bowl) - England win by 119 runsSecond T20 (Thursday September 17) - Cardiff (6.30pm)Third T20 (Saturday September 19) - Old Trafford (2.30pm)First ODI (Tuesday September 22) - Durham (12.30pm)Second ODI (Thursday September 24) - Headingley (12.30pm)Third ODI (Sunday September 27) - The Kia Oval (10.30am)

Kenya has long been a superpower in distance running but has yet to host an event of this scale. The championships will return to Germany in 2031 with Munich hosting. "We were fortunate to have four outstanding bids for 2029 and 2031, and this was not an easy decision for the council," said World Athletics president Sebastian Coe as he announced the decision following the Ultimate Championship in Hungary. Sky Sports on WhatsApp: Breaking news, videos and analysisDownload the Sky Sports app for expert analysis, best video & more📱Not got Sky? Latest Sky Sports deals or stream F1 with no contract 📺 "The quality, ambition and commitment demonstrated by all four candidates underlines the strength and global appeal of the World Athletics Championships." Jack Buckner, CEO of UK Athletics and co-founder of Athletic Ventures, said: "We are deeply disappointed that the 2029 World Athletics Championships will not be held in London. We believed we had an outstanding bid which would genuinely take the sport to new levels. "We would like to thank the Government, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the Mayor of London and UK Sport for their fantastic support for our bid. Our thanks also to the London Stadium, West Ham United and our many stakeholders for their commitment and hard work to put the bid together. "The UK is an incredible host for major sports events and the British public loves athletics. Athletic Ventures has the ambition to bring those events here and, although today's announcement hasn't gone our way, we will review and regroup. We know the world's athletes love competing here and we'll continue to explore further opportunities to make that happen. "Our congratulations go to Nairobi and we wish the organising committee all the best for a great event in 2029." Nairobi's selection represents a landmark moment for athletics, bringing its biggest global event to Africa for the first time. "Taking our championships to Africa for the first time will be historic," Coe said. "Athletics is woven into the fabric of Kenya." After the new Ultimate Championship brought big cash prizes instead of medals for an invitation-only field of track's biggest names, it is back to the traditional worlds format next year in Beijing. The World Championships run for 10 days, against three for the new Ultimate Championship, with a full slate of events. That means including competitions like the men's triple jump, shot put, walks and marathon which were not on the schedule in Budapest last week. "Kenya is one of the great athletics nations. The sport is woven into the fabric of the country, and athletes such as world gold medallists Faith Kipyegon, Vivian Cheruiyot, Eliud Kipchoge, Hellen Obiri and David Rudisha, as well as two-time Olympic champion Kip Keino, multiple world cross-country champion Paul Tergat and multiple world half-marathon champion Tegla Loroupe, have shaped the history of our sport," Coe added. "It was important that the World Athletics Championships should come to Africa when we had the right host, the right bid and the right circumstances. Nairobi has demonstrated emphatically that this is their moment."