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I thought I saw Darren Bent playing for Liverpool standing by the goalposts tapping in in-offs.But it couldn't be.This fella was short with dark curly hair,a left foot and kissed the ground with his beard. I was told this fella is left footed and if tackled falls over in the penalty area.........!?
 
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I didn't see the match but the BBC report says Pool scored when a Newcastle defender was down with a head injury. Sounds dodgy but it's hard to make a conclusion from just reading the text. Did anyone see the incident? Since it was the equalizer is was rather an important goal. Of course the ref was Dean so that might explain it.
 
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I didn't see the match but the BBC report says Pool scored when a Newcastle defender was down with a head injury. Sounds dodgy but it's hard to make a conclusion from just reading the text. Did anyone see the incident? Since it was the equalizer is was rather an important goal. Of course the ref was Dean so that might explain it.
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Correct and Dean also managed to run right across Alexander-Arnold as he shot so that Dubravka wouldn't be able to read his body shape nor the defenders get out to close him down.

You literally can't see the keeper in this frame while Shelvey literally can't move.

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vimhawk said:
I didn't see the match but the BBC report says Pool scored when a Newcastle defender was down with a head injury. Sounds dodgy but it's hard to make a conclusion from just reading the text. Did anyone see the incident? Since it was the equalizer is was rather an important goal. Of course the ref was Dean so that might explain it.
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Three players went up for a ball and collided. One stayed down holding his head:
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Hadn't watched these highlights, but they missed out an obvious penalty for Newcastle.
Alexander-Arnold brings down Fraser, getting the ball but only after he's kicked the man:
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West Ham v Arsenal? Penalty and red card, despite getting the ball first.
Newcastle v Liverpool? Play on. Nothing to see here. No highlights, please.
 
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Guardiola's called off his press conference after getting an inconclusive covid test result.
 
A lot of penalties recently. I would say that on balance (both those awarded and those not), the decisions have gone in favour of the "bigger" team. Oh heck, it's more like 100% of them! Moreover, there's the more subtle efforts of the official, like Dean's blind run to confuse the defenders and keeper. I've heard the match discussed on radio a few times now, but nobody mentioned that (they talked about the 'great strike' however). These are incidents that make a difference but are never normally mentioned again. Of course, should a decision ever go against the bigger team they do get remembered (as it happens so rarely) plus the merits of them are discussed. It's therefore not really surprising that refs either subconsciously or deliberately give decisions in favour of the bigger teams - it leads to a much easier life for them!
 
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vimhawk said:
A lot of penalties recently. I would say that on balance (both those awarded and those not), the decisions have gone in favour of the "bigger" team. Oh heck, it's more like 100% of them! Moreover, there's the more subtle efforts of the official, like Dean's blind run to confuse the defenders and keeper. I've heard the match discussed on radio a few times now, but nobody mentioned that (they talked about the 'great strike' however). These are incidents that make a difference but are never normally mentioned again. Of course, should a decision ever go against the bigger team they do get remembered (as it happens so rarely) plus the merits of them are discussed. It's therefore not really surprising that refs either subconsciously or deliberately give decisions in favour of the bigger teams - it leads to a much easier life for them!
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Still no punishment after the Super League debacle. They run the PL, not the other way round.
 
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