Poor dude was trying to lean all his weight on Xhaka and fell over when he backed out of the way.I hope Bernardo is ok. His legs seemed to stop working after that vicious challenge
I will fully admit my bias but Xhaka stabs a leg and missed and it caused contact. Salah gets that call all the time. Every attacker in the league gets that call. The shirt pull is idiotic but obviously well after the player is on his way down but I really don’t see how that’s a terrible decision. It’s certainly one which could have been waved off but then I’d be the one in here raging about a clear pen not given.lol
to add some content: league table implications aside (league is already City's as far as I'm concerned), it really sucks when a good match goes to shit off one terrible decision
Xhaka had a leg out but that's generally what happens when you backpedal and Bernardo created the contact by running into him then flopped.I will fully admit my bias but Xhaka stabs a leg and missed and it caused contact. Salah gets that call all the time. Every attacker in the league gets that call. The shirt pull is idiotic but obviously well after the player is on his way down but I really don’t see how that’s a terrible decision. It’s certainly one which could have been waved off but then I’d be the one in here raging about a clear pen not given.
He’s beat and sticks a leg out and grabs a shirt. He’s already got the shirt here. I get it is infuriating to have a pen waved off like the Ederson instance and then this given but this is a fairly clear penaltyXhaka had a leg out but that's generally what happens when you backpedal and Bernardo created the contact by running into him then flopped.
Xhaka's clumsiness definitely gives VAR the chance to take a look - Bernardo's decision to go down is made so long after the contact w Xhaka's legs that it's almost comical.I will fully admit my bias but Xhaka stabs a leg and missed and it caused contact. Salah gets that call all the time. Every attacker in the league gets that call. The shirt pull is idiotic but obviously well after the player is on his way down but I really don’t see how that’s a terrible decision. It’s certainly one which could have been waved off but then I’d be the one in here raging about a clear pen not given.
Nah, not when the other player is the one who creates the contact. It wasn't like Bernardo was running around him and Xhaka stuck out that leg and tripped him. Bernardo ran right through him, he made contact with his thigh while pushing him in the shoulder.He’s beat and sticks a leg out and grabs a shirt. I get it is infuriating to have a pen waved off like the Ederson instance and then this given but this is a fairly clear penalty
https://i.gyazo.com/2a4f50e298290e121a8b2e723e6f34fc.png
The part where he's already falling to the ground here before the contact you mean?He’s beat and sticks a leg out and grabs a shirt. He’s already got the shirt here. I get it is infuriating to have a pen waved off like the Ederson instance and then this given but this is a fairly clear penalty
The sad rejoinder is thatb the ref didn’t give it live and without the dive the Var probably doesn’t call it back either. I don’t like it much but this is why players go down like this.Xhaka's clumsiness definitely gives VAR the chance to take a look - Bernardo's decision to go down is made so long after the contact w Xhaka's legs that it's almost comical.
Contact
Attempts to take another stride while realizing Xhaka is holding his shirt (Xhaka's football IQ really shines here)
Realizes "oh shit, better go stiff as a board" while taking another step
Salah, Mané, Jota, etc dive - often IMO to their detriment, especially Mané, since more often than not contact is deemed insufficient for a penalty; Salah at least has gotten better about identifying when it behooves him to stay up. But decisions like this are why players keep doing it, there's no disincentive to milking as much as you can out of any contact.
yeah.. world class diving club... you get calls like that.. no wonder you're in firstI did have to crack a smile when Rodri went shirt off into the Arsenal support.
This City squad are world class at just about everything, shithousery being at the top of the list
yeah.. silva had both heels up before any contact.The part where he's already falling to the ground here before the contact you mean?
Problem is.. Arsenal hasn't been getting that call for years... I mean the foul on Odegaard in the first half is a PK too given that standard.I will fully admit my bias but Xhaka stabs a leg and missed and it caused contact. Salah gets that call all the time. Every attacker in the league gets that call. The shirt pull is idiotic but obviously well after the player is on his way down but I really don’t see how that’s a terrible decision. It’s certainly one which could have been waved off but then I’d be the one in here raging about a clear pen not given.
Its really obvious on video review that Ederson gets Odegaard's foot and not the ball. Its a classic example of something that is very hard to judge in real time but becomes clear on replay.Problem is.. Arsenal hasn't been getting that call for years... I mean the foul on Odegaard in the first half is a PK too given that standard.
The Odegaard situation is entirely different. It’s a 50:50 and probably always the call on the field was going to stand. I don’t expect to convince the myriad Arsenal and Liverpool fans of anything but they were separate incidents. I get it, I’ve been on the other end of those days where nothing goes your way and the anger is natural.Problem is.. Arsenal hasn't been getting that call for years... I mean the foul on Odegaard in the first half is a PK too given that standard.
Wasn't the Aussie the ref today, or was the Aussie on VAR? I was in bed in a haze throughout the matchEngland has the worst referees in the world. Yeah, Holding held his arm. And then KDB tripped over his own 2 feet and its a card.
Okay, cool.
And those purple kits need to go.This Watford-Spurs match is a real snooze.
This league gives him plenty to complain about.Gary Birtles sounds like Tommy Heinhson complaining about refs.....