I'd love to have heard the conversation between the liner and the ref
"erm, nani handled the ball after he threw himself to the ground like he'd been shot...but he was pulled by the spurs player"
"yeah but I missed all three so it's a goal"
"but I'm telling you now"
"sorry, don't want to upset Rio do I?"
by the letter of the law it was a goal but only because of incompetence by the ref and the liner who also didn't flag for the penalty or the handball initially....officials ruining games and wanting to be the star attraction of the show once again with supporting roles by cheating players.
Most telling was the referees motions....never saw him giving a clear play on signal ..even when nani and gomez looked quizzically at him he just shrugged his shoulders....but then of course came the pompous arm waving away to the spurs players "I've cocked up...live with it lads"....interestingly he allowed ferdinand in on the discussion though....