I have watched City for best part of 11 years in Europe and seen numerous decisions go against us with and without VAR.Liverpool x2 games ,Champions League v Chelsea (Reece James handball, assault on Kev etc)I could go on, we NEVER got the 50/50s.That would all be fine if we could find UEFA's version of the guidance for referee's, they hadn't issued a statement at the start of the year stating that they want referees in Europe to use the actual Laws of the Game when determining handball to give less stupidly harsh handball decisions, the VAR guy who gave the decision yesterday wasn't stood down from today's games and UEFA hadnt made a statement saying that the decision was wrong and shouldn't have been given.
All the evidence available this year suggests UEFA are trying to make handball decisions across Europe closer to the way they're made in the Premier League, this way we hopefully won't get the same ludicrous decisions we had last year or late on in the game yesterday.
Unless anyone can find the guidance that says that UEFA are directing referees to use different guidance to the FA, because I've looked and can't find it.
Al Khelaifi is on the Uefa exec Committee, surely no corruption here ?.How did he fuck up ?
He did what was asked of him.
So you have nothing to prove the rules aren't different thenI have done my own research and can't find anything to back up your claim that "the rules are different in Europe".
As I can't find verification for the claim you have repeatedly made I asked you to provide proof of your statement, that's how burden of proof works.
You can't just throw out any old nonsense then when asked to back up your theory reply "do your own research", that's how conspiracy theories work not actual factual statements.
I have watched City for best part of 11 years in Europe and seen numerous decisions go against us with and without VAR.Liverpool x2 games ,Champions League v Chelsea (Reece James handball, assault on Kev etc)I could go on, we NEVER got the 50/50s.
El Khel
Al Khelaifi is on the Uefa exec Committee, surely no corruption here ?.
The funniest one was when Stering kicked the ground with no one near him.Not sure you’ve been watching very closely if you haven’t noticed a few very generous penalties given to City in Europe over the last couple of years.
This referee did the World Cup Final and City's Champs League Final. You don't get much more experienced than that and yet.........Apparently VAR chose to show the referee a couple of stills showing the ball hitting Livramento’s elbow and a slow mo from an innocuous angle where you couldn’t see the ball hitting his chest. Meanwhile on his way to the monitor the VAR was telling the ref why it was a penalty. The ref then doesn’t ask if there’s more angles and the speed of his decision seems to suggest he’s looked and decided it’s just hit his arm.
I mean, you’d almost think it was manipulating an outcome. The VAR has been stood down but the ref needs a debrief on his actions as well. He’d had a pretty good game up to that point.
The useless fucks have just ruled out a goal for Sevilla after a 'handball' on the halfway line !. The attacker stood right next to the Sevilla defender hooked it any old where. Unfortunately it hit the Seville player on the body and deflected onto his hand. From there they broke and scored.
A totally accidental handball and Var ruled the goal out.
Var and Uefa are just a total disgrace. No one on the pitch saw it as handball just Var.
Yeah but crowd attendances are up so that proves we all love VAR.The pen in injury time against Wolves and the PSG pen last night said it all. VAR is a disaster and has nothing to do with ‘clear and obvious’.
Now now, play nicely ;-)Yeah but crowd attendances are up so that proves we all love VAR.
Just seen that Newcastle’s offices been raided by HM Revenue - & nowI’m not paranoid but isn’t last nights decision following the usual UEFA agenda - they WANT PSG; Madrid; Barca; Bayern; scum; an Italian team; dippers in the knockout stages. Newcastle are suffering like we did (& still do to some extent) & are also a financial threat. Can’t let another oil club overtake the “special” ones
@CC1 The raid was when Ashley was in charge and part of a criminal investigation. That came to nothing so the HMRC have passed the seized documents to the civil enforcement side of HMRC.Just seen that Newcastle’s offices been raided by HM Revenue - & now
“Newcastle United have been to court to stop HM Revenue and Customs using material seized during a raid of the club as part of an investigation into an alleged multi-million-pound tax scandal there.”
Not sure of all details but it seems they are being targeted in the same way as us.
What I want to know is why scum & dippers; Arsenal etc etc don’t suffer such “raids” by authorities- not to mention in depth investigations by PL FA & UEFA of their accounts, especially off shore ones
Well we all know the answer don’t we
Red tops would just get a “smack on wrist” for small transgressions!!@CC1 The raid was when Ashley was in charge and part of a criminal investigation. That came to nothing so the HMRC have passed the seized documents to the civil enforcement side of HMRC.
Newcastle went to court to say that shouldn't be allowed as it would not have been allowed to be seized in a civil case and therefore should not be used. The judge disagreed.
But yes why are the red tops never targeted.
Bebé ?
Weren't United, Arsenal, Villa and maybe Everton? investigated and had to pay back taxes around the same time as Newcastle?@CC1 The raid was when Ashley was in charge and part of a criminal investigation. That came to nothing so the HMRC have passed the seized documents to the civil enforcement side of HMRC.
Newcastle went to court to say that shouldn't be allowed as it would not have been allowed to be seized in a civil case and therefore should not be used. The judge disagreed.
But yes why are the red tops never targeted.
Bebé ?