Oh and I'm getting fed up of the pundits and commentators pushing the "City got away with one there" narrative every week moreso than any other team.
The Newcastle game, never a penalty that, he backed into Stones who had every right to challenge for a lofted cross in his own penalty box. Not sure what Shearer and Jenas were drinking before that MOTD(Newcastle brown ale perhaps) but Hinchcliffe in commentary was even worse. Said he used his arms to shove him in the back, stayed quiet when the replay showed what actually happened.
Palace, the whistle went before the player had a chance to shoot. The whistle went because it's an offence to even make a challenge while the keeper has the ball in his hands(raised his leg and stepped across while Ederson was still swinging his arm). I've seen others suggest that he also ran from the keepers blind-side because Ederson was looking the other way at the time and he didn't see him, which apparently isn't allowed either. I'm not sure about that one, I can only see a ref taking issue if he was behind him and ran in front as he's throwing it. The first explanation is justification enough though, it's not really in the spirit of the game to try shithouse tactics like that and getting in the way of the keeper in his own box, holds the game up too. Finally, they should only have been 0-1 up anyway, the ref made the mistake of giving a corner instead of freekick to City while they checked for a possible red card. Since when is a hand or arm to the face anything but a freekick, anywhere on the pitch?
Against Villa, the ref blew his whistle for an offside before Coutinho had a chance to shoot. A goal scored when the game has been stopped by the refs whistle can never be able to stand(just like the palace one). That was a ref/linesman mistake because he was onside.
Annoying how often rival fans and biased pundits push these BS narratives, clearly trying to get refs to "even" the score in future fixtures IMO.
