Why Thierno Barry's offside goal stood as Man City draw 3-3 with Everton

The reason why Thierno Barry's offside goal against Manchester City was allowed to stand has been revealed.

On Monday night, Manchester City travelled to the Hill Dickinson stadium to face Everton in a match that could prove to be crucial in the Premier League title race.

Following their dominant win over Fulham on Saturday, Arsenal boasted a six-point lead over City ahead of the match, with Pep Guardiola's side maintaining two games in hand.

City looked well on their way to a win in the first of those games in hand at the Hill Dickinson, with a spectacular goal from Jeremy Doku putting the visitors 1-0 up ahead of half-time.

However, things suddenly took a turn for the worst as Everton substitute Barry equalised with a strange goal that was immediately ruled out as the striker was clearly offside.

But, after a review it was revealed that, despite the fact Barry was certainly offside, the goal would stand due to a little-known official rule.

Just moments before Barry found the back of the net, City defender Marc Guehi made a clumsy attempt to clear the ball, essentially passing it directly to the Everton goalscorer.

And this major mistake from Guehi is exactly why the offside goal was allowed to stand as the ball was not actually passed to Barry by a team-mate and instead came from Guehi's mistake, meaning it was given.

Barry was in an offside position when the ball is played but Guehi was in control of his actions when he made the errant pass and so suddenly the attacker goes from offside to onside.

And it was clear that the goal not only rattled the heads of Man City fans but also the players on the pitch as just five minute later Everton defender Jake O'Brien doubled the host's lead, with Barry finding his second goal of the evening in the 81st minute.

Erling Haaland and Doku were able to pull two back for the visitors, but it was not enough to secure a win at the Hill Dickinson, potentially dealing a massive blow to City's hopes of reclaiming the Premier League title.