Pep Guardiola unleashed an extraordinary rant at previous VAR calls that have gone against Manchester City following Antoine Semenyo's controversial disallowed goal in their first-leg win at Newcastle.

Semenyo scored again for City as his new club took control of their Carabao Cup semi-final against holders Newcastle - but was controversially denied another goal by VAR.

Semenyo's opener, teed up by expertly by Bernardo Silva, was swiftly followed by a clever finish from a corner, only for referee Chris Kavanagh to be sent to the pitchside monitor to review a "subjective offside" call concerning Erling Haaland.

There was no doubt the City striker was marginally ahead of the last defender, but as well as the offside, the dispute was over his interference with play as he grappled with Malick Thiaw close to the line. VAR deemed Haaland to be impeding, and eventually Kavanagh agreed.

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Antoine Semenyo thought he scored his second but it was ruled out for a 'subjective offside' call

"Four officials and VAR were not able to take the decision, they...