Sunderland secured a memorable victory over Chelsea on Saturday, as goals from Wilson Isidor and Chemsdine Talbi ensured a 2-1 win at Stamford Bridge. However, questions are now being asked about whether their stoppage time winner should have been allowed to stand.

After good hold-up play from Brian Brobbey, he laid the ball off for Talbi to fire home Sunderland’s winner in the 93rd minute, which sparked wild scenes from the away supporters. However, there have been claims made that these celebrations would have been short-lived, as the legitimacy of the goal has been questioned.

Sunderland winner “should have been ruled out” – Hackett

Chemsdine Talbi scored Sunderland’s winning goal against Chelsea. (Photo by Alex Broadway/Getty Images)

As per Football Insider (via Sunderland Echo), former referee Keith Hackett has claimed that VAR should have disallowed Talbi’s goal due to Lutsharel Geertruida having been stood in the way of Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez as the shot was struck.

“The offside law states: ‘interfering with an opponent by preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the opponent’s line of vision.’ It is my belief that the Sunderland player standing in an offside position does impact on the...