I was at the game and the assistant did signal a Villa throw, even though it seemed to have come off the Villa player. But the ref didn't do anything when Sagna took the throw and there were no protests from the Villa players, who just accepted it, which suggested it was our throw. The assistant must have said something to the ref as the throw was taken.I've watched the tape back and the linesman flagged it was a Villa throw in the 1st place before Sagna took the thrown in. The motion about feet was to advise the ref that the ball had deflected off a City player.
All the throw in stuff is irrelevant any way. We should have won, we didn't for whatever reason. It's the same old story in games like these. We just have to hope that one day the penny will drop and we don't assume we can coast through these kinds of games. Meanwhile, on to the next one.
We're too soft in this regard. We always put the ball out for the smallest incident. It pisses me off no end because there are far more false alarms, or as in yesterday's case blatant fucking play acting than real injuries.
Let the referee decide, that's what they're there for!
Well I didn't see that! Have to say that Sagna has a habit of throwing the ball a little late [downwards] which could be given as a foul throw. Anyway, you must be right. I was struggling to understand why officials didn't seem to know the offside law.
Completely true, but one of the points to pick over in a disappointing draw was the fact that the ref had a shocker. Even if this incident had not happened, you still have the weak display that permitted so much time wasting (e.g. the multiple times Guzan took 20 seconds to release the ball), the Gestede incident, the penalty call etc etc
It isn't the ref's fault that Sterling picked out Guzan's face from 5 years, but refereeing displays do have an effect on the game and this ref's performance benefited Villa.
why cant the doc come on like they do in rugbyThe thing that bugs me is that its nearly always the opposition team that puts the ball out when a player is injured. I'm sure that if someone carried out a statistical analysis, over 80% of the time the opposition puts the ball out. When its one of their own players who is injured, teams will carry on playing unless its obvious that the player is really badly hurt. You also find that if they carry on playing when one of their men is injured, and then lose possession, they will then start gesturing to their opponents to put the ball out.
Unless its a Buust type injury, leave it to the ref.
The game was there to be won irrespective of a poxy throw-in and a bit of time-wasting.
Dwelling on this sort of trivia is the stuff of Hughes and Mourinho.
The ref gave City the throw. Sagna took it, and threw to Sterling who was in what would have been an offside position in normal play. The linesman flagged for offside as soon as Sterling gathered the ball in. The ref blew for it. Then when Sterling was questioning the decision the liner seemed to motion that Sagna's feet were off the ground. Replay showed they weren't. Quite how play got to be restarted with a Villa throw I'm not sure but it's pretty clear the original 'offence' given was offside.
We were a bit jaded after playing a big game on Tuesday and its no excuse but having 3-4 regulars out for 6 weeks will eventually take its toll.
Losing Bony didn't help our set up either.
We had the chances to come away with three points but we didn't take them so we move on.
Our season will depend on how often we have a strong eleven available which includes Kun and Silva.
8-2-2 is a pass mark going into the break.
Unlikely to require more than 76 points to win the title this season.
The game was there to be won irrespective of a poxy throw-in and a bit of time-wasting.
Dwelling on this sort of trivia is the stuff of Hughes and Mourinho.
They also had a game against Villa on Monday nightA lot of what you say makes sense but no way can I accept a 'Tired team'. We had four full days to recover from the Sevilla game. How on earth do teams cope with Europa League combination of Thursday/ Sunday? Spurs didn't look particularly tired yesterday. I accept they were at home but they only had two full days to recover.
Well we are still top of the league and I would be a lot more disappointed if we drew at home with Spurs (who we routinely beat every year) than an away draw which frankly can happen any time. Every team raises their game playing in front of their home crowd against the league leaders, especially with a newly minted Manager. Yes we missed 2 gilt-edged chances + Fernando's free header, but that happens in all games. How many chances had Aguero missed this season before he netted his hatful against Newcastle?
Spot on. A bit too much negativity in the air today. It is a game we needed to win and should have won but drew. However, it will only matter if
we lose the legue by a point in May. Do we need to start certain games with greater intensity? Sure we do. But when we eventually got going yesterday we
done more than enough to win and 9 times out of ten we would have. Minor issues could be raised concerning the managers substitutions and the quality of the ref but
on balance it was the rub of the green against an obviously improved Villa which denied us. So lets move on to Liverpool and make Klop feel even more alone. Keep the faith!!
The game was there to be won irrespective of a poxy throw-in and a bit of time-wasting.
Dwelling on this sort of trivia is the stuff of Hughes and Mourinho.