Benteke's Winning Goal Against Bournemouth Was Offside - Premier League

Christian Benteke's controversial winning goal for Liverpool against Bournemouth on Monday should have been ruled out, the Premier League said in a rare comment on refereeing decisions on Friday.

An announcement on the League's website (www.premierleague.com) said all 20 clubs had received clarification this week about the amendment to the offside rule, which meant that the Liverpool goal should not have counted.

Benteke's goal was allowed to stand even though his teammate Philippe Coutinho, standing in an offside position, attempted to play the ball, distracting the visiting goalkeeper in the process.

Liverpool 1-0 Bournemouth: Watch The Goals & Highlights

Christian Benteke Will Fit Into Liverpool's System - Rodgers

Brendan Rodgers believes Christian Benteke will become a “huge player” for Liverpool and insists the striker is suited to his side’s style of play.

The Belgium international completed his £32.5 million move from Aston Villa earlier this week but former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has questioned whether the 24-year-old will be able to adapt to Rodgers’ “short, sharp and incisive passing game”.

Rodgers, however, has no concerns over Benteke’s versatility and says the Belgian’s record of 42 goals in 89 Premier League games was an important factor when targeting a new striker.

Liverpool Agree Benteke Transfer Deal

Liverpool have agreed to sign striker Christian Benteke from Premier League rivals Aston Villa for £32.5 million, the BBC and other British media organisations reported on Sunday.

The 24-year-old Belgium international is now due to have a medical, with Liverpool's club doctor set to return home from the team's pre-season tour of Australia to conduct proceedings.

It is not expected, however, that Benteke himself will join the tour. The forward arrived at Villa from Genk in a £7 million move in 2012 and has since scored 49 goals in 101 appearances for the Birmingham club.

EPL PAPER ROUND: United Loosing Out On De Gea & Ramos, Soldado Off Spurs & More

Real Madrid have the perfect plan to leave Manchester United looking foolish; United will console themselves with Christian Benteke’s arrival from Aston Villa; Spurs will take a huge loss on Roberto Soldado – plus the rest of the top stories from Thursday’s papers.

Real may have outwitted United on Ramos, De Gea - Manchester United are facing missing out on Sergio Ramos, as well as losing David De Gea on a free transfer next summer, according to The Star. United wanted to buy Ramos from Real Madrid on the cheap, then agree to sell De Gea for a cut-rate price. Instead, Real have agreed to sign De Gea on a free transfer next summer with a £3.5 million tax-free signing on fee and hold out for £45m on Ramos.

Christian Benteke Won't Become A Liverpool Player - Tim Sherwood

Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood does not expect Liverpool’s reported interest in Christian Benteke to prise the Belgium striker away from Villa Park.

Goal revealed in April that Villa will not settle for anything less than £30 million for Benteke, who has a £32.5m release clause in his current contract.

The completion of Raheem Sterling's £49m switch from Liverpool to Manchester City on Tuesday has further stoked speculation that Brendan Rodgers will look to the Belgian to bolster his Anfield forward line.

TRANSFER UPDATE: Benteke To Man United, Chelsea Keen On Chile Star & More

The Aston Villa striker could be the new front man at Old Trafford, according to the Sunday papers.

Aston Villa's Christian Benteke

Manchester United to move for Christian Benteke - Memphis Depay, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Matteo Darmian and Morgan Schneiderlin are all either in already or about to sign on the dotted line, but the Daily Star Sunday claims Louis van Gaal wants yet more spending to push United's transfer business up to £125m this summer. The key now, they say, is a striker. The Sun on Sunday claims it'll be Christian Benteke, while the Daily Star Sunday chucks out the names of £50m Thomas Muller, Harry Kane, Edinson Cavani and Karim Benzema. Oh yes, and the Star also says United still want Nicolas Otamendi from Valencia for £25m.

PREMIER LEAGUE: Agbonlahor, Benteke Ends Aston Villa's Loosing Streak

Christian Benteke's penalty in time added on ended a run of seven successive defeats for Aston Villa as they emerged 2-1 winners over West Brom in their Premier League clash on Tuesday. Benteke who also scored the winner from the penalty spot in the corresponding fixture last term though that was a seven goal thriller – restored the hosts one goal advantage after Saido Berahino had levelled for the visitors following Gabriel Agbonlahor's early strike.

Villa's win – their first in 13 league matches – is their first since beating bottom side Leicester three months ago and sees them climb out of the bottom three with a three point advantage over QPR and Burnley.

WORST MISS: Watch Aston Villa`s Christain Benteke Miss An Open Goal Against Ivory Coast

                       
Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke was hot property this summer.
The young Belgian forward was banging them in last season but has struggled in his second season in the Premier League.

Playing for Belgium tonight, Benteke produced a highly embarrassing miss which he’ll want to try and forget about ASAP. With an open goal gaping, Benteke incredibly fired over the bar.

How on earth did he manage this?