UEFA has issued an explanation for the late penalty awarded for handball which helped Manchester United progress past Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. Referee Damir Skomina was alerted by the video assistant referee under the 'serious missed incident' VAR protocol late on in United's last-16 second-leg tie in Paris. After viewing replays, UEFA said the referee awarded the spot-kick against PSG defender Presnel Kimpembe because "his arm was not close to his body" when Diogo Dalot's shot struck it. "Following the on-field review, the referee confirmed that the distance that the ball travelled was not short and the impact could therefore not be unexpected," a UEFA statement said. "The defender's arm was not close to the body, which made the defender's body bigger thus resulting in the ball being stopped from travelling in the direction of the goal. The referee, therefore, awarded a penalty kick." Image: Thiago Silva remonstrates with the referee in PSG's defeat to Manchester United in the Champions League Marcus Rashford scored the penalty to take United through to the quarter-finals on away goals. Guidance from UEFA referee's chief Roberto Rosetti appeared to be consistent with Skomina's decision, as he advised officials in January that "if the defender is making the body bigger to block the ball it is not fair". Football's law-making body the International Football Association Board (IFAB) moved to clarify the interpretation of handball at its annual general meeting last weekend. 1:01 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has urged Marcus Rashford to adapt his game to become more efficient in front of goal, just as Cristiano Ronaldo did Its position is that if the ball strikes a player's arm when it is extended beyond the body's "natural silhouette" then a penalty should be awarded. It also said that, from next season, goals scored or created with use of the hand - even accidental use - will be disallowed.<doc-sep>(CNN) It was the comeback to end all comebacks. A comeback secured in stoppage time. And a comeback that was tinged in controversy with the most dramatic of VAR decisions. The game was on a knife edge, one Paris Saint-Germain goal and it was game over for Manchester United, while Ole Gunnar Solskjær's side needed to score once to go through. As the clock ticked into stoppage time, VAR took center stage and referee Damir Skomina awarded United a penalty. Marcus Rashford stepped up confidently, seemingly the calmest man inside the Parc des Princes stadium and slammed the ball high into the top corner. It was all too much for some. Standing with a look of indignation on the sidelines, PSG's Brazilian star Neymar could scarcely believe what he had witnessed. "It's a disgrace," Neymar, who was forced to miss the game through injury, wrote on Instagram immediately after the match. "Four guys who know nothing about football watch a slow-motion replay in front of the television. "What can [Kimpembe] do with his hand while his back is turned? Go f**k yourselves!" Traumatic elimination As Rashford and the United players celebrated wildly, PSG fans and players began to relive their worst nightmare. Two seasons ago, the French side led Barcelona 4-0 after the first leg in Paris but contrived to throw away the tie in one of the all-time great Champions League chokes, losing 6-1 at the Camp Nou. Many questioned whether that traumatic elimination would continue to haunt this side as it attempted to defend the 2-0 lead earned in Manchester three weeks ago. Manchester United players celebrate Marcus Rashford's last-gasp penalty. Those demons began to resurface at the Parc de Princes inside two minutes, after Thilo Kehrer's error was capitalized upon by Romelu Lukaku. Juan Bernat drew PSG level 10 minutes later after good work by Kylian Mbappe, but an error from the unlikeliest of sources gifted United a lifeline. Gianluigi Buffon -- one of the players PSG bought in an attempt to win the Champions League title it craves so much -- spilled Rashford's fizzing shot into the path of Lukaku, who passed the rebound into the net. History makers JUST WATCHED Gianluigi Buffon: Football legend & art lover Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Gianluigi Buffon: Football legend & art lover 01:05 PSG will have been eager to batten down the hatches and weather an early United storm, the painful memory of the last time they attempted to defend a first-leg lead still raw in the minds of many of these players. History was hugely weighted against United. In the 63-year history of the European Cup, no team has ever lost the first leg 2-0 -- as United did at Old Trafford three weeks ago -- and gone on to qualify, in 106 attempts. But history is for making and the improbable is possible, as United's temporary manager Solskjær knows all too well. In 1999, the Norwegian was part of a United squad that found itself 2-0 down against Juventus in Turin -- having drawn 1-1 in Manchester -- and miraculously came back to win 3-2. Then two late goals secured a remarkable Champions League final win over Bayern Munich. That is the same belief and fighting spirit Solskjær has been trying to instill in his players in the weeks since the demoralizing defeat at Old Trafford, the only loss of his tenure so far. The belief looked to be there, and PSG was rattled, wildly misplacing passes and losing every individual battle all over the pitch. Marcus Rashford celebrates his penalty. Kehrer looked nervous after his early error, and Rashford began exploiting the weak link down the right of PSG's defense. Despite his earlier assist, Mbappe was looking a shadow of the player he has been for much of this season. The 20-year-old has 29 goals in 32 games this season, a record bettered only by Barcelona's Lionel Messi, but as the match entered the second half his touch let him down on more than one occasion when clear through on goal. In the absence of 10 first team players, including Paul Pogba Anthony, Martial, Alexis Sánchez, Ander Herrera, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata and Nemanja Matic, Solskjær was forced to bring on 17-year-old Mason Greenwood and 19-year-old Tahith Chong as United chased that crucial third goal. It was another of United's teenage substitutes -- Diogo Dalot -- than earned his side the decisive penalty, firing a shot towards goal which struck Presnel Kimpembe's arm in the box. After a consultation with VAR, to the shock and dismay of most inside the stadium, Skomina pointed to the spot after taking several minutes to make his decision. Rashford, remarkably taking his first penalty for Manchester United, fired past the 40-year-old Buffon, who may have just played his last Champions League game. Porto edge stoppage time thriller Porto celebrates Alex Telles 117th-minute winner. After earning a hard-fought 2-1 win at the Stadio Olimpico, Roma traveled to Porto confident of reaching the quarterfinals. This was, after all, the team which provided us with one of the great Champions League moments last season, coming from behind to knock out Barcelona. An early goal for Porto's Tiquinho turned the tie in Porto's favor, but Roma's evergreen captain Daniele De Rossi coolly slotted home a penalty to edge the Italian in front in the tie. The lead lasted all of seven second-half minutes, as Moussa Marega volleyed the home side in front once again and forced the tie into extra time. But it's beginning to feel as though no Champions League tie is complete without some VAR controversy. In the 117th minute, with just three minutes remaining, referee Cuneyt Cakir awarded a penalty after the video assistant referee spotted that Porto's Fernando Santos had his shirt pulled in the box. Few Roma players could have any complaints as Alex Telles scored the winner from the spot. However, questions will again be asked about VAR's consistency after Roma's Nicolò Zaniolo was tripped in the penalty minutes later, only for the referee to review the incident and fail to give the penalty.<doc-sep>The addition of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) is a divisive subject amongst soccer fans. On one hand, it’s great that the game is finally utilizing technology to assure that crucial calls are made correctly. On the other hand, using VAR to make a judgement call in a match-deciding scenario may be overstepping VAR’s purpose. Paris Saint-Germain has every reason to be upset after what transpired in the second leg of Wednesday’s Champions League Round of 16 match against Manchester United. PSG were up 3-2 on aggregate with two away goals apiece heading into stoppage time. Needing a spark, United’s Diego Dalot sent a shot towards goal, and it hit the arm of PSG’s Presnel Kimpembe. Play was eventually stopped for a VAR review, and it yielded the stunning result of a handball and penalty. While it was clear that the ball hit Kimpembe’s arm, his back was turned. Kimpembe was in a vulnerable position (with his arms away from his body) to draw a handball, but the intent was questionable. It looked like he was trying to avoid getting blasted in the face more so than use his arms to stop the ball. Is this a handball? 🧐 What do you think? pic.twitter.com/14RSmx6Zfy — Bleacher Report Live (@brlive) March 6, 2019 It was a borderline handball, at best. It certainly wasn’t blatant enough for VAR to overturn the on-field ruling and decide the match for Manchester United. But that was what happened. Marcus Rashford calmly converted his penalty to give the Red Devils an away-goal advantage and a spot in the next round. INSANITY IN PARIS 😱 Manchester United converts a penalty after VAR to go through in stoppage time…WHAT pic.twitter.com/7ZgpZzLyre — Bleacher Report Live (@brlive) March 6, 2019 PSG won’t be getting over that Champions League loss anytime soon.<doc-sep>
Watch all the key plays as PSG and Manchester United meet in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16. PSG's Champions League run has ended in early heartbreak again, while Man United's magic touch is back. PSG failed to put away Manchester United with its mounds of chances, gifted the Red Devils a pair of goals and then watched as a VAR controversy gave the visitors a decisive stoppage-time penalty, with Marcus Rashford's kick sending the English side to the quarterfinals on the away goal tiebreaker after a 3-3 aggregate draw. Romelu Lukaku scored twice, sandwiching a Juan Bernat goal, and PSG couldn't find the insurance strike it needed, having an apparent one from Angel Di Maria wiped off the board after a correct review. That set the stage for the controversial moment, when Presnel Kimpembe was whistled, after a review, for a handball on a speculative Diogo Dalot shot from distance. PSG carried a 2-0 aggregate lead into the home leg, and Manchester United was decimated by absences. Paul Pogba was out suspended, while Anthony Martial, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata, Ander Herrera, Nemanja Matic and Antonio Valencia were among 10 senior players unavailable for the trip. As a result, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer included five untested teenagers on the squad in hopes of a miracle comeback. Man United got off to a dream start by slicing into the deficit two minutes in. Thilo Kehrer hit a careless back pass across his own area, and Lukaku pounced. The Belgian forward rounded Gianluigi Buffon before finishing into an empty net to make it 1-0 on the day to United and reducing the aggregate deficit to 2-1. Kylian Mbappe had two chances to equalize and restore PSG's two-goal aggregate edge in the minutes that followed, but his sliding attempt to redirect a Bernat cross was slightly mistimed before he had another close-range opportunity blocked before it could reach David De Gea's goal. The goal came soon enough, though. It was Mbappe returning the favor for Bernat, running onto a ball in behind and crossing to the back post, where an unmarked Bernat touched home the final ball to make it 1-1 on the day and 3-1 on aggregate. PSG continued to boss the game–but also continued to gift Man United openings. The next one came on the half-hour mark, when Rashford dumped a speculative shot from distance on goal. Buffon made the save, but he spilled the rebound, allowing Lukaku to tap in his second of the day. The goal made it 2-1 on the day to Man United and reduced PSG's aggregate edge to 3-2. The goal was key as it leveled the away goals between the two, meaning one more from United (without conceding) would send the English side through. PSG thought it had some breathing room 10 minutes into the second half, when Mbappe, with a tremendous flick, played Di Maria in for the finish, but VAR ruled correctly that the Argentine was offside, taking the goal off the board. PSG had a chance to put it away in the 84th minute, too, with Mbappe in on the breakaway. The French star lost his footing, though, and even though Bernat chased down the rebound, all he could do was put it off the outside of the post from a tight, left-sided angle. PSG's failure to put the game away came back to haunt the hosts. Dalot's shot from distance was put out for a corner by a leaping Kimpembe. On first glance, it looked innocuous, but with his back to the shot, the ball hit off Kimpembe's elbow. After a VAR review, a penalty was controversially given, and Rashford buried the kick from the spot, evening the aggregate and putting Man United through via the away goal tiebreaker. Despite its financial outlay, the last-16 elimination marks the third straight year PSG has failed to reach the quarterfinals, last year falling to Real Madrid and the year before blowing a 4-1 aggregate lead in falling to Barcelona. Here were the lineups for both teams: The Champions League round of 16 concludes next week, with four remaining ties in the balance: Bayern Munich-Liverpool, Lyon-Barcelona, Man City-Schalke and Juventus-Atletico Madrid.