25 | Gianluigi Donnarumma - 2025/26

[samuelyeboah]

was fouled. simple as.

 

[ninjamonkey]

How us not a foul when the player clearly as his arm round him ! . I get that he flapped but jumping up when someone is holding you ain’t easy .

I've not watched it back extensively, only saw it the once but it seemed like he let go of his arm way before he jumped.

Noticed the change in our defensive setup after villa, we had 2 smaller guys roaming just outside the bulk of the bodies to cut out any potential repeat of villas goal and as such we didnt give the keeper the blockers we have given him previously

 

[samuelyeboah]

I've not watched it back extensively, only saw it the once but it seemed like he let go of his arm way before he jumped.

Noticed the change in our defensive setup after villa, we had 2 smaller guys roaming just outside the bulk of the bodies to cut out any potential repeat of villas goal and as such we didnt give the keeper the blockers we have given him previously

As long as he is holding his arm while the ball is in play it's a foul, no matter if he lets go quick or not. you just can't do this to goalkeepers on set pieces. used to be that you couldnt even touch keepers in corners, then you could just do this "standing your ground" bullshit. now apparently you can just hold them! awful rule change and is the #1 reason why the league is looking so turgid and full of shit set piece routines these days

 

[kupest]

As long as he is holding his arm while the ball is in play it's a foul, no matter if he lets go quick or not. you just can't do this to goalkeepers on set pieces. used to be that you couldnt even touch keepers in corners, then you could just do this "standing your ground" bullshit. now apparently you can just hold them! awful rule change and is the #1 reason why the league is looking so turgid and full of shit set piece routines these days

Its going to get worse and worse and Arse are at the forefront of it. There are always fouls involved on the GK when Arse are on set pieces specially wtih a player having no intention of playing the ball and just there to restrict the GK going anywhere near the ball. This has also led to the long throws we are seeing. The PL has to quickly get in some rules or else its a free for all in that box with the main aim of the game being restricting the GK to move at all.

 

[hcblue95]

I think he was probably fouled but it's still a giant fuck up. Hopefully a one off.

 

[jamielowndes]

Don't think it was a foul at all, seen much worse rightly not given. He just fucked up. Accept it, move on, don't do it again. More annoyed at the needless yellow for protesting too much. Had nothing else to do besides a standard save or 2. How much he celebrates goals is very infectious, noticed he appreciates his banner too.

You can't hook the goalkeepers arm at all, let alone in the 6 yard area. Completely affects their jump. If he gets a clean jump on that he never makes that mistake.

 

[AirbagsOptionalTheReturn]

Its going to get worse and worse and Arse are at the forefront of it. There are always fouls involved on the GK when Arse are on set pieces specially wtih a player having no intention of playing the ball and just there to restrict the GK going anywhere near the ball. This has also led to the long throws we are seeing. The PL has to quickly get in some rules or else its a free for all in that box with the main aim of the game being restricting the GK to move at all.

There are rules in place already, they just aren't applying them correctly - quel surprise!

 

[meeesh]

He likes a punch though, I'm there yesterday thinking catch it ffs, he's big enough, but I guess continental keepers have always had a tendency to punch instead

 

[wolfie1988]

His tendency to punch will result in errors like this every now and again. He made a similar one for Italy last month.

No drama. We won the game and he will win us more points than we will drop because of him.

Not a foul by the way. If it is, he is guilty of the same when he is pushing in the run up to corners. Just needs to be a bit stronger and less dramatic. Love him, though. Great mentality and it will never affect him going forward like it may do with less experienced 'keepers.

 

[mattcity5]

His tendency to punch will result in errors like this every now and again. He made a similar one for Italy last month.

No drama. We won the game and he will win us more points than we will drop because of him.

Not a foul by the way. If it is, he is guilty of the same when he is pushing in the run up to corners. Just needs to be a bit stronger and less dramatic. Love him, though. Great mentality and it will never affect him going forward like it may do with less experienced 'keepers.

I liked later on when Doku positioned himself in-between Donnarumma and the attacker, so Donnarumma just kept shoving Doku into the Bournemouth player. Thought it was a good way around things.

 

[MCFC1993]

I thought we were moaning about nothing in the stadium yesterday with foul on Donnarumma, followed by the immediate penalty shout.

The latter was nonsense but having seen their goal on MOTD last night, definite foul, hooking the goalkeepers arm immediately before a goal has to be a foul in the build up.

Set pieces are dominating the league because VAR and the referees arent doing their jobs.

I can see a scenario in the not too distant future where attackers arent allowed in the 6 yard box on corners. Otherwise we're just in for seasons of playing for corners and surrounding the goalkeeper.

Having to create lots of shit rules because of VAR. The game was actually better when the refs were protecting goalkeepers.

 

[jamielowndes]

I thought we were moaning about nothing in the stadium yesterday with foul on Donnarumma, followed by the immediate penalty shout.

The latter was nonsense but having seen their goal on MOTD last night, definite foul, hooking the goalkeepers arm immediate before a goal has to be a foul in the build up.

Set pieces are dominating the league because VAR and the referees arent doing their jobs.

I can see a scenario in the not too distant future where attackers arent allowed in the 6 yard box on corners. Otherwise we're just in for seasons of playing corners and surrounding the goalkeeper.

Having to create lots of shit rules because of VAR. The game was actually better when the refs were protecting goalkeepers.

To be fair with the penalty, it looks stonewall until you slow it down to see the deflection off the knee. VAR did its job there so I have no complaints with it.

 

[OB1]

I thought we were moaning about nothing in the stadium yesterday with foul on Donnarumma, followed by the immediate penalty shout.

The latter was nonsense but having seen their goal on MOTD last night, definite foul, hooking the goalkeepers arm immediate before a goal has to be a foul in the build up.

Set pieces are dominating the league because VAR and the referees arent doing their jobs.

I can see a scenario in the not too distant future where attackers arent allowed in the 6 yard box on corners. Otherwise we're just in for seasons of playing corners and surrounding the goalkeeper.

Having to create lots of shit rules because of VAR. The game was actually better when the refs were protecting goalkeepers.

I hadn’t a clue in the stadium but Donna was making it very clear what he thought and the TV footage proves he was correct.

Absolutely scandalous officiating given the availability of VAR.

Teams are targeting Gigi’s at corners to try and make him make an error like yesterday, because it has happened before, but it is outright cheating and the officials should be clamping down on it. This is association football not gridiron.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Teams are targeting Gigi’s at corners to try and make him make an error like yesterday, because it has happened before, but it is outright cheating and the officials should be clamping down on it

Teams are targeting every keeper at corners, not just our keepers.
Until there is consistent ruling and officiating, its going to be a bone of contention every week.

 

[Dax777]

The goal shouldn't have counted. But that punch was diabolical :(

 

[OB1]

The goal shouldn't have counted. But that punch was diabolical :(

Given the degree of difficulty, it was in of itself, a much more forgivable miscue than some of the passes outfield players made.

 

[jprkas]

Teams are targeting every keeper at corners, not just our keepers.
Until there is consistent ruling and officiating, its going to be a bone of contention every week.

Well every team apart from us, are we ever going to score from a set piece? Lot of snobbery here, we aren't the elite team any more who can avoid this. Love to know how much time 'French' gets to work on set pieces as opposed to say 'Jover' at Arsenal. If Arsenal win the Prem, it will down to set pieces as much as anything.

 

[Coljj]

The fact he let go of his arm is not an excuse not to recommend a VAR review but you've got Alan Smith on co-comms eavesdropping on VAR's conversation and he's obviously going to back them with his take on it.

The fact is he was still intentionally over-hooking his arm after the corner was taken while the game was in-play thus disrupting Donna's freedom of movement and approach to the ball so it should have been called as a foul.

 

[Ken92]

Well every team apart from us, are we ever going to score from a set piece? Lot of snobbery here, we aren't the elite team any more who can avoid this. Love to know how much time 'French' gets to work on set pieces as opposed to say 'Jover' at Arsenal. If Arsenal win the Prem, it will down to set pieces as much as anything.

agree with you , need to start scoring from set pieces and corners ,thats an essential part of football.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Needs to learn to go down earlier. Refs are more likely to give a foul or make the corner be retaken if the keeper is floored.

If the ref just sees the keeper fluff his punch, then VAR is the only saviour and that’ll depend on how high the bar is for clear and obvious.