Ref Watch

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

He’s an embarrassment that lad. The way he was rolling around like he’d had a sledgehammer taken to his ankle when Xhaka was sent off when Xhaka never even touched him was arguably the worst play acting I’ve ever seen from a City player.

Hey, after that tackle I had to be helped down the spiral and to the car. I couldn't put my foot down. It miraculously cured itself when I put my foot on the clutch!

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Agree, but strangley neither incidents were really picked up by the media. The complete opposite yesterday when Ronaldo carried out three dives in the West Ham game yesterday that Tom Daley would have been proud of. The media definitely picked up on these and stated that a penalty should have been awarded for at least one. You see it sets the narrative for the next game/dive...

"But he's not a dirty player...."

 

[hertsblue]

Usual anti City officiating by Oliver today. How they avoided so many card offences then of course we pick up the first card, and played just under 6 minutes from the 4 added on.

 

[Spanishbob]

Usual anti City officiating by Oliver today. How they avoided so many card offences then of course we pick up the first card, and played just under 6 minutes from the 4 added on.

Thought Oliver had a pretty good game today compared to some of the dross we’ve had in the past.

 

[Gabriel]

Thought Oliver had a pretty good game today compared to some of the dross we’ve had in the past.

Thought he was excellent. May have booked one Chelsea player more, but he got the vast majority right and allowed the game to flow.

 

[kaz7]

We could have got several injuries with him not clamping down on there dirty play early doors , booked ours first and two mins over added time

 

[blue aura]

No problem with Oliver today. Let a lot go, but overall it was one of his better games.

 

[The slaughtered lamb]

Thought Oliver had a pretty good game today compared to some of the dross we’ve had in the past.

I’ve given him a lot of stick in the past but he was good today. No big decisions to make but consistently fair to both teams. That’s all we want.

 

[flook]

Also thought Oliver was excellent today, didn't buy into the late match diving by the Chavs, let the game flow and got pretty much every decision correct

 

[Gabriel]

We could have got several injuries with him not clamping down on there dirty play early doors , booked ours first and two mins over added time

There was a prolonged injury in stoppage time.

 

[MCFC1993]

Best refereeing performance I've seen in the Premier League for a long time (probably not saying much).

Both teams had minor gripes but he protected the flair players whilst still allowing challenges to go in.

 

[Ric]

Thought he was excellent today. Fair play to him.

 

[waspish]

Yep Oliver was very good

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Best refereeing performance I've seen in the Premier League for a long long time.

Both teams had minor gripes but he protected the flair players whilst still allowing challenges to go in.

Rudiger should have been booked well before he was, and the fact we got the first card was a JOKE, but apart from that he did okay.

 

[JRockBlues]

Thought raising your hands to an opposition player was an automatic yellow card so why was Lukaku not booked for his push on Bernardo?

 

[MCFC1993]

Rudiger should have been booked well before he was, and the fact we got the first card was a JOKE, but apart from that he did okay.

Well that would have been our gripe, they should have had the first card (Christiansen on Grealish too) but he still controlled the game, unlike the joker in the CL Final.

 

[PistonBlue]

Have to say, I have no idea what warrants a yellow card anymore. Rudiger for me is a walking yellow but seems to get away with it time after time.

 

[Idesofmarch69]

Usual anti City officiating by Oliver today. How they avoided so many card offences then of course we pick up the first card, and played just under 6 minutes from the 4 added on.

Without wishing to court controversy but your keeper and the Chelsea forward were being treated for 80 seconds when the 90 mins were up. More accurate time-keeping than anti- City officiating.

 

[Chi-town blues]

thug rudi should’ve seen red card .

 

[Idesofmarch69]

There was a prolonged injury in stoppage time.

Sorry Mr Gabriel. I repeated your point, but it was a very good point.