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[Gray]

Game was crying out for Kevin, but if you can win comfortably against a good team when not playing at your best!

Frightening isn’t it?

 

[ninjamonkey]

Well apparently running towards the ball isnt intefering with play and i also disagree with the fact that it changed the course of the game 2, it was just be4 half time, they could have come out fired up, annoyed by the injustice of it, jesus if we went to pieces every time a dodgy decision was given against us, we'd have been relegated

They admitted that was a monumental error in the end and its not a similar situation to today. I don't care about other instances or some sense of things evening themselves out, you judge things in isolation. Akanji has interfered with play however you look at it and it's a huge cock up from the officials. There's really no point in denying that.

Going in at halftime 2-1 down instead of 1-1 away at the etihad is a game changer. If it's the 5th goal in injury time it's inconsequential but that was a major turning point in the game.

How did it impact the Keeper? Akanji wasn't in his line of sight of the Ake header. Did Akanji's action prevent the keeper from making a save?

Yes it did. If akanji isn't there the keeper knows exactly where the ball is heading, whether he then saves it, we can't know but akanji being there means the keeper cannot react until the ball is past akanji I really don't see how anybody can genuinely argue that shouldn't have been disallowed

 

[Dribble]

Fuck the international break.

Amen )(

 

[citymad]

Proper statement win that. Off the back of fulham getting a draw at the Emirates with 10 we smash them whilst playing poorly. Arsenal are feeble minded and that's going to get into their head big time. They can't afford to drop points at home to the rags tomorrow already.

So many sloppy performances today right across the pitch, I'm presuming and hoping it's just them getting up to full tilt slowly after a shorter pre-season and nothing to be concerned with. 3 points is what's important and we got it with ease in the end.

Yet to see it back but we definitely got some major help today from var. When ake scored I barely celebrated, me and 2 people next to me all turned to one another from right behind net and said that's clearly offside simultaneously. Akanji has jumped over the ball right infront of the keeper Its helped us massively but how is that not interfering? It's a truly dreadful decision thats completely changed the game and i don't blame fulham players for losing their shit after that. Bafflingly shite decision.

Agree about the goal. Awful refereeing but then again Oliver was woeful all game.

We got to be pleased with the results so far. It’s clear the team are missing Pep and we’ve had a few injuries. The lads are doing just fine. Long way to go.

 

[KIPPAX WARR]

If thats the worst decision in their lifetime they are awfully wrinkly for being less than 2 months old cos they must have missed that onana penalty not being given

Or rashfords dive lazt week.

 

[KS55]

If you think Fulham are a two bob team you don't know anything about football..

And their manager knows a thing or two.

 

[Asa's left peg]

Depends what the rule says. I've seen players closer to the goal in a similar position and the goal stood. If people don't like the rule - change it. Until then..
If Manual touches it or even goes towards it - it's offside. He did neither. Just my opinion of course.

 

[Bluemanc100]

Agree about the goal. Awful refereeing but then again Oliver was woeful all game.

We got to be pleased with the results so far. It’s clear the team are missing Pep and we’ve had a few injuries. The lads are doing just fine. Long way to go.

Oliver is terrible.. Broke the flow of the game continually 1st half

 

[OntarioBlue]

If I‘m being brutally honest the score line flatters us. We were awful in the first half and whilst we were better in the second it was hardly vintage City.

We were very sloppy with possession, giving the ball away cheaply and often and, strangely, Rodri was one of biggest culprits.

I really don’t like Akanji in midfield and we were so much better second half when we moved him back into the back four and Foden in to the middle.

Kudos to the crowd for great reception they have Phillips. That was a great little cameo by Bobb. I’ve never seem him play before but it’s clear the boy has sonething special.

4 games, 12 points and still haven’t got out of third gear. Happy days

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Good to see Bobb and Gomez making an impact off the bench even if the game was already won!

 

[Gray]

Agree about the goal. Awful refereeing but then again Oliver was woeful all game.

We got to be pleased with the results so far. It’s clear the team are missing Pep and we’ve had a few injuries. The lads are doing just fine. Long way to go.

The officials are actually getting worse which I didn’t think was humanly possible. No complaints from me if our second goal had been disallowed.

When we got our penalty where was the red card or any card?

First player booked was one of ours, what a suprise.

 

[KS55]

Well done Pep (or Lilo) for instructing the players to be more patient with our build-up in the second half, we slowed things down and made the ball do the work, completely nullifying Fulham's plan for a basketball game.

Great tweak to drop Kova back deeper.
Haaland looked so much better and will get the plaudits but Dias was excellent.

Kova is better there. More like Alan Oakes.

 

[dadnlad]

OlliVAR managed all on his own to spoil first half
amazed he gave goal at end of first half
fulham when played football looked ok
city just teased them out of game in second half

 

[ColinBellsjockstrap]

 

[hihosilva]

How did it impact the Keeper? Akanji wasn't in his line of sight of the Ake header. Did Akanji's action prevent the keeper from making a save?

Akanji wasn't in the goalkeepers line of sight but he attempted to go for the ball which is interfering with play.
I would have been well annoyed if that went against us.

 

[BlueAnorak]

We were shit till Foden moved into the middle. Bish bash bosh - game over.
For the life of me I don't get the VAR controvacy.
By the rules he isn't offside (though in my book he should be).
The ref was terrible throughout. Every 50/50 decicision - a foul against City. Bad fouls by Fulham players - just fouls. Etc

 

[maurizio]

Weren't at our best. Haaland hattrick was good. Really enjoyed the cameos at the end. Bobb and Gomez with dribbling and ball skills. Misplaced passing all through the first half. Probably only Phil at their best. Doku was OK, good bit of fast foot creation at one point, need some more of that from him. SS3 sounded good. It was sunny, had a nice jerk chicken lunch and Kojo Antwi was really good. Top of the league. Happy days.

 

[JWCH-99]

We were shit till Foden moved into the middle. Bish bash bosh - game over.
For the life of me I don't get the VAR controvacy.
By the rules he isn't offside (though in my book he should be).
The ref was terrible throughout.

Wasn’t just foden into middle- it was reverting to what we did against Newcastle and sheff united where akanji doesn’t go into the midfield and instead walker goes high on the right- which allows foden into midfield and kovacic drops back next to Rodri, where he can dictate play a lot more and give Rodri more options on the ball

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Decent second half once Foden moved inside and Walker played higher up.

VAR decision in our favour, whatever mental gymnastics people want to suggest that it wasn’t.

Alvarez and Doku very poor in the first half. Slightly better in the second.

Haaland back to his clinical self.

Awesome assist from Gomez. Showed he’s a winger really.

4 from 4. We move.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Couldn’t see the alleged offside from the family stand but Oliver’s reffing was awful. Free kicks against us for winning the ball, then worse done by Fulham and nothing given. He is awful