Sorry but it is absolutely desperate IMO to be blaming the ref for today.
Pen 1 Lamela makes contact with the player in the box and gets no where near the ball, soft? Probably but that's the way the game has gone it's more of a penalty than Dier's "foul" on Joe Allen.
Pen 2 Kaboul, who had an awful game IMO, cleans out silva penalty all day long.
Pen 3 demichelis foul outside the box NOT a penalty so a lucky break for us but we **** it up.
Pen 4 Fazio holds back aguero, pen all day long AND a red card because the ball was played across the box thereby denying a certain goal to aguero because Kaboul was ****e again, had he cleared the ball Fazio would have remained on the pitch.
So the only dodgy pen was in our favour! Look to our own performance before ****ging off refs (unless he is Chris foy of course)
Sorry but it is absolutely desperate IMO to be blaming the ref for today.
Pen 1 Lamela makes contact with the player in the box and gets no where near the ball, soft? Probably but that's the way the game has gone it's more of a penalty than Dier's "foul" on Joe Allen.
Pen 2 Kaboul, who had an awful game IMO, cleans out silva penalty all day long.
Pen 3 demichelis foul outside the box NOT a penalty so a lucky break for us but we **** it up.
Pen 4 Fazio holds back aguero, pen all day long AND a red card because the ball was played across the box thereby denying a certain goal to aguero because Kaboul was ****e again, had he cleared the ball Fazio would have remained on the pitch.
So the only dodgy pen was in our favour! Look to our own performance before ****ging off refs (unless he is Chris foy of course)
We need to look at ourselves rather than the ref but I'm sorry, there is no way Lamela fouled Lampard. I'm sick of saying this, contact does not equal a foul.
3-1 to City in terms of major incorrect decisions in my book.
Their first goal was offside. Lampard was blocking Hugo's line of vision and the ball only narrowly missed him.
The first penalty was never a penalty. Slight contact, yes. But Lampard dived.
The foul for our penalty was outside the box.
Fazio can't be given a red card as Aguero didn't have a clear goal scoring opportunity at the time of the incident.
Maybe we would have lost anyway, but there is no doubt we were hard done by.
Agree with you mate and I come from a different era where footballers were not pansies but these days I'm afraid that is a pen in most referee's books.
Mate, Danny Rose had the red card rescinded. It was judged to be a clean tackle by a panel paid to make the decision.
Nasri's was in the game we won 3-1 at the Lane.
Absolutely agree that Lumphard made a big deal of it but that is the nature of the game today. Terrible challenge by Lamela and I'll say it again it was far worse than Dier on joe Allen.
Wrt Fazio I have to say I agree with the decision, cynical foul and it did prevent a goal scoring opportunity, would be very surprised if we successfully appealed the red card.
Absolutely agree that Lumphard made a big deal of it but that is the nature of the game today. Terrible challenge by Lamela and I'll say it again it was far worse than Dier on joe Allen.
Wrt Fazio I have to say I agree with the decision, cynical foul and it did prevent a goal scoring opportunity, would be very surprised if we successfully appealed the red card.
He's just REALLY, REALLY bad at refereeing. That's all.
The only thing that's changed is his waistline. He's even fatter and less competent than he was before.Some things never change.
And numerous other fouls (on us), waved off from about 60 yards away.It was 2 yellows and a pen.
This. I don’t mind refs being strict or lenient, as long as it’s the same for both sides. Don’t get me wrong we were gash going forward but a couple of free kicks or cards given for us or not given against us might have least given us a chance to get a foothold in the game. Although that’s how poor the performance was, our only hope was nicking the ball in their half or a set piece.And numerous other fouls (on us), waved off from about 60 yards away.
About 30 of them i’d say by his silhouettehe's got a scum shirt on underneath hasn't he ?
This. I don’t mind refs being strict or lenient, as long as it’s the same for both sides. Don’t get me wrong we were gash going forward but a couple of free kicks or cards given for us or not given against us might have least given us a chance to get a foothold in the game. Although that’s how poor the performance was, our only hope was nicking the ball in their half or a set piece.