Sheffield Wednesday manager Garry Monk says that Sergio Aguero was offside when he scored Manchester City's matchwinner in their 1-0 victory over the Owls in the fifth round of the FA Cup on Wednesday night.

The goal came eight minutes into the second half, when Benjamin Mendy fed the ball through to Aguero inside the Wednesday area, with the striker then able to get a shot away which - despite Wednesday goalkeeper Joe Wildsmith getting a hand to it - looped up and over the goalline to eventually secure the defending champions a place in the Quarter Finals of the competition.

Monk however, is adamant that the goal shouldn't have stood, with the Owls boss insistent that the striker was in an offside position when the ball was played to him by Mendy.

Speaking about the goal after the game, Monk was clearly unhappy with Aguero's opener, although the Owls boss was keen to pay tribute to City's performance even so, as he told The Sheffield Star: “It was disappointing to lose, especially with a goal that should have been offside.

“I’d rather lose to a goal that was more legitimate but that’s not to take away from Man City who was fantastic."

While VAR has been used at Premier League stadiums at this stage of the competition, the video referral system was not in use at Hillsborough, due to the fact it is a Championship stadium, and it seems that too is something Monk does not entirely agree with, as he continued: “What’s strange about it is having VAR in some games and some stadiums and not in others.

“It is what it is. I’m not complaining about it, it is what it is. It would have been nice to go out to a legitimate one but credit to them, they’re a fantastic team."

With the Cup now off the agenda for Wednesday, Monk and his team can turn their focus back to the league for the final ten games of the season, starting with a trip to Griffin Park to face Brentford on Saturday afternoon.

The Verdict

I do think Monk may have a point here.

It was certainly a tight call when it came to Aguero being on or off, and it would have been interesting to have seen whether the outcome would have been different had VAR been in use.

Regardless of whether or not it would have changed the decision over Aguero's goal, I do agree with Monk that it does not seem right to have VAR in some games and not in others, which almost makes this a case of one rule for some and another rule for others.

Even so, after plenty of recent struggles in the league, the resilience shown in this performance from Wednesday should at least give them plenty of encouragement going forward this season.