dctid said:
Dont get this Foy thing - he missed the Aguero stamp agreed but other than that he got everything right - Yaya was a possableible pen and so was Torres BUT to the credit of both players they stayed on their feet and gave nothing, had either of them gone over then he would have had a decision to make.
We need to move away from this crap that any contact in the area is a pen - tTorres remained on his feet regarldess of what Kompany did or did not do and Yaya managed to get a shot off regardless of him being clipped or not.
It does however clearly demonstrate why players are all too ready to go to ground and force the ref to make a decision
It was an excellent game yesterday both sets of players gave everything - compare what we saw yesterday to the fortchcoming CL games and watch Barca players falling all over the place at the mearest touch
Aguero apart - Foy was pretty good yesterday and ALL the players were a credit to their clubs and the competition.
You can't do that to a striker in on goal in the box with no intention of getting near the ball. If Torres had made a meal of it, or if it had been another referee - that could easily have been given. He otherwise officiated well, but he let City off with a lot of cynical fouls (because he was letting the game flow as much as possible). I suppose that's a trade-off I can live with because the game wouldn't have been as good if he had stopped for everything and that was the best game I've seen this season. Worthy of the FA cup.
I don't begrudge it as I said earlier and the match shouldn't be about those calls. If we had dominated 2/3 of the game and lost with him missing those calls, I'd be upset about it - but as it stands City were just better overall. I don't know why Aguero lost his cool but that was the only incident I'm not happy about. Even so, banning him now makes it slightly easier for Spurs so I hope they let him off.
