its europe they play to a different tune and for once it went our way was how i view it but obviously no way would i have given it . though having said that i have little sympathy for players whose first thought when defending is to grab the opponents shirt ot his actual body
This is the rule: Direct Free Kick: Awarded for holding an opponent, which includes shirt pulling that restricts movement. It restricted movement. Its a foul by the letter of the law.
You can't moan like **** about bad decisions, then when a bad decion goes your way, try to justify it. **** me.
Good call lol But I do think we have been playing better without Salah Purely because of the balance Won’t repeat what I have already said it a few times but good win that tonight against tough opponents
If you don't stick t If you don't stick to the letter of the rules things become ambiguous and then how far do you stray from the rules? Everyone knows where they stand when the rules are stuck to and applied.Unfortunately the football bodies don't do consistency very well.
Good win. Inter have some great players but overall i wasn't that impressed with their team. Hated the head holding again by one of theirs - Thuram? when Jones struck him in the neck/chest. The disallowed goal was harsh. Anything that takes 4 minutes to review isn't clear and obvious. Wirtz made the most of the shirt pull but definitely a penalty for me. He was on course to getting the ball back and was impeded. If it happened the other end, I would say the same. Don't usually listen to the pundits but Seedorf and Sturridge talked a lot of sense.
Because it happens about 10 times a game I always judge pens on my anger scale had it been awarded against us vs Man Utd I would have been fooking livid but by todays rules the first one should have stood (Although for me it’s handball as it played a part in getting the ball to the goalscorer) so those two evened out the rest of the baffling decisions did not even out
Said the other day, you can only afford 1 of your 11 not to work hard, track and defend and it shouldn't be the Right Winger, who is supposed to be helping the RB. It's your CF, as the opposition CBs rarely are key to attacks. Worked fine when we had Bobby/Mane or Diaz/Nunez who were absolute workhorses when it came to closing down and getting up and down the lines. And it was something we could handle when Salah was delivering. Things have changed and age has caught up.
Great win, very tough game all things considered. Limiting them to basically 1 really good chance the whole game and keeping a clean sheet was very impressive. Good work rate and desire throughout, patience and urgency in good balance. More of the same this weekend please
The referee had an awful game so the major decisions kind of evened themselves out. It was a professional performance. I think these more boring games are something we may have to get used to as a sacrifice for having a more balanced side, but the passing and pressing was generally better than previous games
It was an Italian team, with a back 5, who have built around being solid, in Italy. It was never going to be a high scoring game. Even if they had scored it would have still be a low scorer
