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Did Bobb and Lewis come on at the same time? My stream froze and it looked like Bobb came on alone, which would mean we used 4 substitution windows when you’re only allowed 3. The PL app says they both came on in the 90th minute so maybe I just missed Lewis coming on.
 
Pissed up to be honest but five fucking one. What a fucking team. Haaland a fucking legend. Phil, future England captain.
 
ninjamonkey said:
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.



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
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You could also argue that had Akanji touched the ball he would have been flagged offside and that the keeper should have dived with the intention of saving Ake's header rather than waiting to see what Akanji did.
Leno would have made the save had he dived when it left Ake's head which he could have done but chose not to.
Leno clearly knew Akanji was in an offside position which is confirmed by his actions in the aftermath therefore you could argue that as an experienced top level goalkeeper he should have concentrated on saving the header.
Equally I wouldn’t have complained had it been disallowed but I've seen plenty of goals given in more controversial situations.
 
hihosilva said:
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.
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If you look carefully, Akanji wasn't in Leno's line of sight. He then moved back slightly, but crucially he flicked a foot at the ball AFTER it had passed him without touching it.

It all happened really fast, & I'd be pissed if we were on the receiving end of that decision, but after watching it several times & hearing the referees interpretation, I suppose rules is rules innit? \0/

 
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Just got back and watched the Ake goal. No way was Akanji interfering. He’s not in the goal keeper’s line of sight at all. It’s all BS as usual.
 
Not the greatest display over 90 minutes but a conclusive win. Haaland has begun this season in exactly the same fashion he began last and that bodes well. Doku had some very good moments and holds out much promise for the reat of the season. The rest of the team were all rather sluggish though they did improve as the game progressed - maybe though City do only come to life around Christmas! I really don't think VAR did us any favours. Akanji was in an offside position but he was never in the ' keeper's line of vision and he certainly never jumped over the ball as Jackson says in the Guardian. I don't like the way offside is to be interpreted these days but there was no question the officials applied the present guidelines in this case.

All in all a very satisfactory outcome with the hope that things will get better and better as we work through the season.
 
Bluewars said:
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.
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Thought Reuben had quite a tough day today. Looked slow on thd ball at times and I remember in the sev9nd half when Jimenez stuck him on his arse in the area.
Thought Kovacic really good second half, kne revers past to Dokh was lovely
 
TrentGrisham said:
Not a performance to write home about on the whole but Fulham is a good side. Let's hope players come back from this ridiculous international break injury-free.

Does anyone else feel like Grealish is one of those players that when he's out there he might very well frustrate you but when he's not out there you find yourself wishing he were? I find it certainly to be the case for me. Doku will no doubt get better.

Great from Erling and good cameos from Rico and Bobb.
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Grealish is a superb baller at both ends of the pitch. I don’t understand anyone who doesn’t rate him.
 
TrentGrisham said:
Not a performance to write home about on the whole but Fulham is a good side. Let's hope players come back from this ridiculous international break injury-free.

Does anyone else feel like Grealish is one of those players that when he's out there he might very well frustrate you but when he's not out there you find yourself wishing he were? I find it certainly to be the case for me. Doku will no doubt get better.

Great from Erling and good cameos from Rico and Bobb.
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My thoughts exactly re Jack. Today showed just how much he runs with the ball - & he never loses it
 
Gray said:
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.
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Why would there be a red card?
 
ninjamonkey said:
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.
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If Fish Fingers wasn't interfering last year, then, by fuck, Akanji may as well been in the departure lounge at manny Airport when Ake headed the ball, cos thats the interferring benchmark I work on from now on, as far as I'm concerned!!!
It was a goal, and a cracker from Ake.
 
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