And the ref was a ****ing disgrace, I’m sure everybody is up for allowing the game to flow and ignoring players just throwing themselves to the floor at any contact or defenders flopping when they’re facing their own goal and in trouble - but you can’t just ignore plain and obvious fouls
why Sky are obsessed with the Fabinho foul i don't know as the following is more relevant despite no officials being bothered A goalkeeper is considered to be in control of the ball with the hand(s) when: the ball is between the hands or between the hand and any surface (e.g. ground, own body) or by touching it with any part of the hands or arms except if the ball rebounds from the goalkeeper or the goalkeeper has made a save holding the ball in the outstretched open hand
This is the thing. They said oh I don’t think Alisson had full control. Doesn’t matter, he had 2 hands in the ball and Haaland tackle took it out of his hand. Given last year one was disallowed when schemiechel had just put a hand on top of thr ball against the ground for about 1/2 second before it got kicked in, that was disallowed.
thats the one i couldn't remember who it was but his hand just barely touched the ball and it was called a foul based on the rule i quoted so todays has to be without a doubt .
I said he didn't have full control too but having seen the rules on it, I'll change my mind. Is this how it feels to be Liz Truss...?
Exactly, he would have had full control if It hadn’t been kicked out of his hands! My immediate reaction was no that won’t stand, the fact it actually would have if it weren’t for the foul in the build up is shocking
the reason var disallowed the goal is actually for less than the GK challenge but who gives a **** as long as it was disallowed
Think that’s a little over the top, he’s an absolute handful - just trying too hard at the minute I think.
2 things 1 . need the same intensity against WHam and everybody else 2. The injury list is getting worrying now Jota is presumably out for at least a couple of weeks
Massive result and and an ever bigger performance. We finally turned up for the first to the last minute. Can’t believe the officiating - had the foul on fab been slightly less obvious, they would have given that goal.
Forgetting the bias of todays game - if you were to trace back - I have always said Taylor is the worst ref And today was like a collection of his greatest hits He tries to let a game flow but loses control of it I am not saying he is bias against us I am saying he is a terrible ref Always has been Always will be
