The Premier League will have a new rule in place for next season which will affect Leeds United in top-flight matches.
The new season begins on August 14 and the International Football Association Board (IFAB) have made an alteration to a controversial law ahead of the 2021/22 campaign.
While VAR stole the majority of headlines when it came to controversial decisions last season, one rule that also featured under the spotlight was the handball law.
Leeds United suffered as much as any other Premier League club last season from decisions involving handball, with Marcelo Bielsa's side bizarrely denied a penalty during their 0-0 draw with Manchester United at Elland Road despite Luke Shaw apparently handling.
Liverpool benefited on the opening weekend against Leeds when Robin Koch was adjudged to have handled in the penalty area, with Mohamed Salah converting the spot-kick while Trent Alexander-Arnold got away with what appeared a not dissimilar incident in the return meeting later in the season.
The IFAB confirmed on Monday that there will be a change to the law which will come into effect on July 1 and will be in force for next season.
"Law 12 emphasises that not every touch of a player’s hand/arm with the ball is an offence," the IFAB wrote on Twitter.
"A player’s hand/arm position should be judged in relation to their body movement in that particular situation.
"A player has made their body unnaturally bigger when the hand/arm position is not a consequence of, or justifiable by, the player’s body movement for that specific situation.
"By having their hand/arm in such a position, the player takes a risk of being penalised.
"OFFENCE - scoring in the opponents’ goal: directly from the scorer’s hand/arm, plus immediately after the ball has touched the scorer’s hand/arm.
"Accidental handball by a team-mate before a goal and accidental handball creating a goal-scoring opportunity are NOT now offences."
