Welcome to the era of the 'provisional goal'


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League Quarter Final Second Leg - Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - April 17, 2019 General view as an incident is reviewed on VAR leading to Manchester City's Raheem Sterling goal being disallowed REUTERS/Andrew Yates

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - There are great goals, lucky goals, own goals, winning goals and now, in the era of VAR, we have the 'provisional goal'.

No game has so far highlighted the new situation more than Wednesday's extraordinary Champions League match between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur.

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