On referee Oliver's decision not to award a spot-kick, Jol added: "It was a difficult decision. If he had given the penalty he would have had to send Michael Carrick off". Doesn't really explain why Carrick would have been sent off - Murphy was running right at Smalling when he went down.
Surely this cannot be true, if it was he would make sure Howard Webb was the ref for the next game at Blackburn!
And if you screamed for a penalty when it was a United player but now think it isn't you're every bit as biased and hypocritical as those you're talking about. My reasoning is, if Rooney had been tackled like that in the box id want a penalty. There was contact, he got the man not the ball, he went down, penalty. Whereas if that handball had been given against us id be livid.
Other damning statistics prove Utd have also scored the most goals and conceded the fewest goals since the PL began. Shock horror, it's a conspiracy! Or maybe it's all connected somehow?
Of course, but the ref awarding just three in pens at Old T in 200 games to away opposition (93-04) is pretty skewed. Only Real under franco have a similar record at Bernabeu (57-65). Have a sense of humour about it
Lol, I love how that article is completely self defeating for arguments about last night's match! "The match was on a knife-edge at 1-1 going into the last eight minutes when Graham Barber awarded the spot kick. TV replays would later show there was minimal – if any – contact made." Much like the minimal contact between Carrick and Murphy last night? "arguably Rooney was already falling by that point." Much like Murphy was last night... "Ryan Giggs had been brushed so lightly by Artur Boruc, the keeper might have been a valet brushing a speck of dust from his boss's sleeve." Surprise surprise, much like Murphy was last night! Ah, there's no hypocrisy like Daily Fail hypocrisy
Have you considered we dont commit the fouls. How often is a team on top against United? Very rarely! This means we spend much of the game in possession and on the attack, there is little time for the opposition to get all the way to our 18 yard box and then actually get into a position to win a penalty in the first place.
As I said above, that depends on how many appeals there are, and how many attacks the opposition launch. In the 94/95 season we only conceded four goals at home all season, which is a record for both a 42 and a 38 game season. Kinda hard to concede a penalty when we rarely let the opposition anywhere near our goal Or should the refs invent some penalties against us just to correct a statistical anomaly?
Like i said in my opening post of my thread, i think Danny Murphy goes down far too easily in my opinion, also don't forget the referee might've thought that Michael Carrick had got a bit of the ball.
Like how Young went to ground under minimal contact to his arm against West Brom? Shortly before, Welbeck was guilty of doing the same to a WBA defender but was allowed the opportunity to go through and, in the end, miss an open goal. Refs know the score with United games. If they're not 100% sure they can't give the decision against United. On occasion you can just make up the rules too. please log in to view this image please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
please log in to view this image please log in to view this image please log in to view this image Decisions also go against Man United also.
I'm not sure why you think I'm a Chelsea fan but I've been accused of being a Chelsea fan twice recently and I don't like it! The handball was never a pen yesterday
