There was no foul on Alison. Haaland touched the ball not the man and Alisson never had the ball under control.Don't worry lads & lasses, MotD said that the officials said our goal would've been chalked off for the foul on Alisson anyway. So I guess that makes it all right.
That was the narrative they'd been fed by the PL/PiGMOL, not their opinion as far as I could make out.Don't worry lads & lasses, MotD said that the officials said our goal would've been chalked off for the foul on Alisson anyway. So I guess that makes it all right.
Taylor didn't give the foul. He was looking right at the play and he waived it on. He was clearly instructed to give that as a foul by someone else off the field.I once went to a training course. Howard Webb said the bigger the game the more you have to crack down early & blow for every little foul. Now Anthony Taylor went against this from the off. It is utterly bizarre that he gave none of these little niggles until City scored. After that he reverted to giving nothing.
The PiGMOL have had 3 YEARS to get this right and they are still getting decisions wrong.
That is my opinion also, but I'm trying to stick to what I saw because as soon as you mention the fact that the PL (and football in general) might actually be corrupt certain posters seem to get a bit tetchy about it.Trouble is mate they are getting them 100% correct in their own eyes.
Manipulation of outcomes and results is going just fine thanks.
The INITIAL foul was on Haaland, and he grabbed the shirt to steady himself. The Freeze-frame shown on TV does not show the full content of the incident.If that shirt pull is a foul, and we want consistency, I expect every corner kick to result in either a free kick or a penalty.
So the general rule of thumb is we turn a blind eye to minor infringements unless it results in a goal.
That doesn't really matter. Taylor told both teams he would be dealing leniently with minor infringements in order to improve the flow of the game. And that tactic worked. But he can't then change that directive just because a goal was scored. It makes a mockery of his whole referreeing performance.None of the other shirt pulls were in the lead up to goals and so weren’t checked.
I don’t know as it didn’t happen.
Conspiracy theorists would suggest that it definitely wouldn’t have been, but with little evidence apart from gut feel.
A 'good' referee doesn't make questionable decisions. A good referee applies the LotG without fear or favour. I live in hope that one eventually turns up to referee our games.That doesn't really matter. Taylor told both teams he would be dealing leniently with minor infringements in order to improve the flow of the game. And that tactic worked. But he can't then change that directive just because a goal was scored. It makes a mockery of his whole referreeing performance.
He set a standard for the game, and all players adapted to it. VAR might have been correct to highlight a foul in the lead up to the goal, but Taylor also should have had the courage to allow the goal, because it aligned with the way he managed the game.
I think he's a good referee, but he sure makes a good number of questionable decisions against us.
It's Taylor's fault he didn't have the courage to stick with his own instructions and game plan.Having contemplated it for a few hours, I can’t really class this as an awful or even a poor refereeing display. I think on balance he was fair to us. He gave the goal, it’s not his fault if some pedantic twat in the VAR truck was scouring the footage for a reason, any little reason, to disallow it.
If we can have another goal chalked off on Saturday that'd three in a row - does that count as a hat trick?There were some shocking VAR calls made this week, not just our game, the sooner conversations can be heard the better. Interesting that a minor tug of the shirt that somehow managed to knock over a 6ft2 athlete is considered a foul but two pushes on Bernardo in a matter of seconds down in their corner were ok. You can't change the way you ref half way through the game, all fans and teams just want consistency throughout.
The VAR operates from Stockley Park, so probably wasn't in on the referee's briefing to the teams before the game. So if they saw a foul in the build up, they were probably correct to refer it to Taylor.In the context of the whole game that VAR decision was an abomination, and the point you made above reference the referral of fouls is PRECICELY the reason that VAR in its current guise is NOT fit for purpose.
So VAR are effectively saying that Taylor missed two incidents in the build up to the goal that, in their opinion, should have been acted upon?. Either Taylor’s incompetent or there’s a huge disparity in the threshold level Taylor applied ‘on field’ and the level VAR chose to apply ‘off field’. That clearly isn’t right and it’s no surprise managers, players and fans get frustrated. Is there some consultation pre-match between referee, VAR officials and the infamous ‘match commander’ to ensure that all parties understand the general approach the referee intends to take with regard to physical contact so that one doesn’t undermine the other?Don't worry lads & lasses, MotD said that the officials said our goal would've been chalked off for the foul on Alisson anyway. So I guess that makes it all right.
All this ‘flow of the game’ is just an excuse to allow the officials to dictate the wat the game goes. Allowing them to decide what is minor and which isn’t is what is leading to dissent and abuse at referees. Nobody knows what is going on and what is allowed and what isn’t.There were some shocking VAR calls made this week, not just our game, the sooner conversations can be heard the better. Interesting that a minor tug of the shirt that somehow managed to knock over a 6ft2 athlete is considered a foul but two pushes on Bernardo in a matter of seconds down in their corner were ok. You can't change the way you ref half way through the game, all fans and teams just want consistency throughout.
Agreed, they’re holding/fending each other off, fair game in the heat of battle, it’s what replays Taylor was shown that bothers me, if he watched a replay in real time a couple of frames before the incident I’m sure he would’ve come to the same conclusion as his on field decision, it was six of one half a dozen of t’other and in fact he only had hold of his shirt for a second, not the five seconds it feels like when watching it in super slow MoThe INITIAL foul was on Haaland, and he grabbed the shirt to steady himself. The Freeze-frame shown on TV does not show the full content of the incident.