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Good points to be fair, but they don’t detract from the fact that the goal was an “illegal” one. Whilst there were errors in the lead up to the goal, the DECISIVE error was from the official.Last post on this point.
I would agree if Mustafi was well behind the line when he headed the ball thus gaining a big advantage by being offside.
In this case Mustafi started half a foot ahead of Dier and was inline with him when the ball arrived, thus I don't think being stood in an offside position initially helped him score the goal or get to the ball ahead of Dier in any way.
If Dier had tracked the flight of the ball correctly he would have beaten Mustafi to it.