Arsène Wenger has has his say on the new offside laws, after Liverpool had a goal wrongly allowed to clinch a 1-0 win against AFC Bournemouth on Monday night.

Now Brendan Rodgers’ side travel south to face Arsenal this Monday, and Wenger insists the new laws aren’t too complicated to understand.

“I believe the rule is quite clear,” Wenger told the media at Friday’s press conference. “If the guy in an offside position takes action, then he is offside. In fact, we have been explained the case with a similar example to Monday night.”

The Arsenal boss was surprised to see Christian Benteke’s goal stand, but admits that the officials cannot always be perfect.

As he often does, the boss used this case as a solid argument for the increased use of video officiating in the sport.

“I come back to what I think should be the next step which is the use of video,” Wenger said. “Goals scored, regular or not, go upstairs, ask the opinion. This is a clear case where without wasting time you could make the right decision. I could understand the linesman could not see it, but you have to check the regularity of the goals because it is too important.”

The new law really is quite simple, stating that a player who is offside when the ball is played becomes ‘active’ and should be flagged if he tries to touch the ball and it influences the an opponent.

At Anfield on Monday night the offside Philippe Coutinho clearly attempted to get on the end of Jordan Henderson’s cross, putting off Bournemouth goalkeeper Artur Boruc. It really should have been a straightforward decision.

The Premier League, working with referees’ body PGMOL, have admitted that a mistake was made and attempted to clarify the laws, though they usually refuse to comment on the decisions of match officials.

“Clear attempt to play the ball by Red 10 [Coutinho] (stretches with right leg in an attempt to play the ball), no contact is made with the ball, but the ball is close to Red 10.

“Red10’s actions impact on an opponent, in this case the goalkeeper (goalkeeper needs to delay his action to wait and see if the attacking player in an offside position touches/plays the ball).

“Expected outcome: Offside offence.”

As Wenger said, it really is pretty simple. Let’s hope the officials get everything right this Monday evening when Liverpool visit the Emirates Stadium.