McManaman has said it about three times now. “There’s contact in the box, that’s a penalty”. No Steve. No it isn’t
No point having rules then. What you are saying is what we’ve all said and you keep denying. Referees treat bigger teams differently. That’s wrong.
If Hojbjerg had kicked it away like Granit he'd have been sent off. Its big club bias or leniency to big club. No doubt about it.
Come on Tom, explain why not? The only way to get the players to stop doing it is to crack down on it. Big team bias and another referee bottling it in a big game.
Oh so you have a crystal ball do you? Lee Mason would have sent Xhaka off. It's nothing to do with the size of the club - it's the standard of the referee. As Oliver is a very good referee, he used his common sense and didn't treat the rule book like the bible.
TBF there are bigger things to crack down on - kicking the ball away is not a huge problem. Admittedly that's not the point. Technically, kicking the ball away isn't actually a yellow card offence. It's "delaying the restart of play" and to be honest I don't really think he did that much. By the time Oliver had the wall sorted the ball was back in the correct position.
Just got home from a late Christmas dinner with extended familiy in an area with **** signal so only just heard the scores. Damn it, now when we hammer City tomorrow the sweet victory is going to be ruined with all the commentators talking about how this might actually be Liverpool's year
If that was a penalty literally every time there’s a corner or cross into the box it’ll be a penalty. Ridiculous decision by Oliver, expect better from him. Liverpool are bloody good enough without being given penalties every game for nothing.
And there was me thinking that the list of offences for a second yellow card was exactly the same as that for a first yellow. I’ve learnt something today then...
Just how awful were Arsenal today? Even Fulham were beaten by only 3!! And if Arsenal have improved, then I am the PM´s father!!!!
