Former Premier League referee Graham Scott (@refsplaining) on the controversy surrounding Jude Bellingham's first goal against Norway: "The Skycam attached to cables that hovers above the pitch may have played an unwitting part in Jude Bellingham’s goal just before half-time. "The on-field team would only spot such contact if the ball’s trajectory was affected dramatically. The VAR could intervene if there was evidence one of the teams suffered an obvious disadvantage, but that has to be clear and obvious. "Strictly speaking, you can make a case for outside interference, which means there should be a dropped ball. But in practice there has to be some evidence of impact. "You would allow play to continue if the ball hit a paper cup or small piece of debris on the pitch if it made no difference to the play. It’s hard to be sure here, but in any event it’s unlikely the VAR would even consider checking a camera angle up in the gods when reviewing the attacking phase. "He would have been focusing on the actions of the players in the build-up, and there was no obvious reason to dig so deep, especially given the pressure on all video officials not to be too forensic, nor to delay the game in an apparent quest to find something wrong with what appeared to be a perfectly valid goal." Norway 1-2 England reaction 🔗 bit.ly/4w3RvXy