Thread by @DaleJohnsonESPN

Attacking handball clarifications from the IFAB here. It should help to clear up a few things (via @CollinasErben)

1. As mentioned in the Monday VAR thread, immediacy of the handball is key. IFAB now says that the player who commits the handball must score/assist immediately

@CollinasErben This again confirms handball by Adama Traore would not qualify, as the ball fell to Jimenez, who fed Traore, who fed Jimenez once more.

Even if the ball hits the hand in the area, if that player plays it to a teammate who assists another player, this is not attacking handball.

@CollinasErben 2. The time between handball and goal is key.

A lot of people have asked me what happens if a player handles accidentally in his own area, then runs the length of the pitch (Son Heung-Min-style) to score. This again is not attacking handball.

@CollinasErben 3. Distance from the penalty area is vital, as the IFAB says attacking ball should only be punishable in and around the penalty area.

So Liverpool goal vs. Wolves, with a question of the ball hitting the arm of Van Dijk in the centre circle before a long ball, is good.

@CollinasErben A couple of examples of goals ruled out for handball which should not have been (per the new advice of the IFAB), as provided by the excellent @CollinasErben.

1min 44secs. Handball in the area, the ball then falls to a teammate who assists the goal.

@CollinasErben This one is about where the handball took place.

Even though the ball hit the hand of the player who assisted the goal, this should not have been disallowed because the offence happened too far from the penalty area.

1min 43 secs.

Here's another example of a goal that should have stood, by the new attacking handball guidance.

In the Champions League, a goal for RB Leipzig's Marcel Halstenberg is ruled out for handball by a teammate in the build up. No immediacy.