Gabriel headbutt on Haaland

[woody1968]

Haaland is too honest. Shocking decision.

I love his honesty. I love being us and would hate to be them. Well done Erl.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Taylor is a useless bald twat, and corrupt.

 

[eversince 76]

Sole mistake by imho was a very decent performance by the referee. It’s more the VAR … why bother.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Let's just say it for what it is, awful decision, that **** should be banned for the next 3 games, nevermind seeing out that game with 10 men.

Surprise surprise though Arsenal haven't had a red card all season.

Big up Erling for rattling him, that's why he's the best.

We all know the Premier League is bent.

 

[TKSG]

6 of one half a dozen of the other.
They’re both at it all game.
Haaland could have been sent off for bouncing the ball off his head last season.
It’s a great rivalry.

i agree with this, our viking doesnt need to dive about and whinge, he will look after himself by just winning. Which is exactly what he did today. Let the others worry about silly shit we shall just be better at actually playing football.

 

[meltonblue]

It has been a nailed on red card 99 times put of 100 for years.

I want to see the rules applied equally no matter the team or match cirumstance.

If you dont fair enough.

No it hasn’t but you’re right, I ideally don’t want to see that, I would still allow for referees to take into account other factors. I realise most do want to see it though and so what I now want to (reluctantly) see is the laws rewritten to be more descriptive to reflect that.

 

[moomba]

No it hasn’t but you’re right, I ideally don’t want to see that, I would still allow for referees to take into account other factors. I realise most do want to see it though and so what I now want to (reluctantly) see is the laws rewritten to be more descriptive to reflect that.

It would be great if we could trust refs to interpret rules fairly regardless of the teams involved.

But we cant.

So what I dont want is a ref to send a guy off one week, and not send a guy off the next week for the same action.

It doesnt really matter if I think either should be sent off or not. Its all about consistency.

 

[cleavers]

That said, how he can look at that incident and say both players deserved the same punishment is beyond me.

Ridiculous, and he booked Haaland first.

 

[cleavers]

Who was it tore Haalands shirt off his back, and didn't even get the free kick ?

 

[Bez]

Ref should have given him a yellow when he ripped Haaland's under layer so he should have been off for 2 yellow cards. I've seen worse headbutts but a better referee would have sent him off.

 

[TinFoilHat]

If that is right and they still haven't had a player sent off, after that today, then i think its a safe bet to say they will go all season without a sending off.

Nah

Like Rooney in 2012/13 season* (?) they'll send someone off when it no longer matters.






*Shrek wasn't booked until the last game of the season and got away with many elbows.

 

[Mad_fer_it]

If you had to rate how much of a **** Gabriel was on scale of 0-10, Gabriel just turned it up to 11. Gimp.

 

[Len Rum]

I wanted a red card in the stadium but having seen the full thing up close I can understand Taylor's decision. We want decisions to be made "in the spirit of the game" and fair enough, Taylor called it based on that.

Haaland pushes Gabriel first and then leans his head in, trying to wind him up. Gabriel leans his head back into Haaland to stand his ground, then flicks his head towards Haaland as Haaland leans in a bit more.

It's two young lads in a really tense game butting heads. I would have given Gabriel a red personally but I understand Taylor's decision to just give them both yellows, give them both a warning, and stop it boiling over.

Reminded me of Walker's head flick at Jahanbakhsh in the FA Cup semi-final in 2019, vs Brighton. Walker probably should have gone that day but the ref understood the scenario and let him get away with it.

Taylor was the referee then as well.

Whatever your interpretation is, it doesn't matter.
Move your head towards an opposing player's head as Gabriel did is a straight red.
Yellow for Haaland, red for Gabriel.
You might not agree but that's the way the law is applied. Someone's view or opinion on it is irrelevant.

 

[Cambo]

Doesn't matter. He moved his head towards Erling. It's a red card.

Agree. Every league in the world that’s a red. Doesn’t matter if Haaland goes down or not. Doesn’t matter what started the prior altercation. Should be a 3 match ban. How Haaland has received the same punishment for that overall interaction is also a travesty.

 

[GOULDYBOBS]

The club should send them a letter like these little yank twats did to us

 

[youngbob]

Whatever your interpretation is, it doesn't matter.
Move your head towards an opposing player's head as Gabriel did is a straight red.
Yellow for Haaland, red for Gabriel.
You might not agree but that's the way the law is applied. Someone's view or opinion on it is irrelevant.

But it's clearly not always the way the law is applied, is it? As we've seen today and a few other times this season.

And see the other example I provided in the video.

 

[LevyBee76]

I give up on the referees, like how on earth is that not a red

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

I give up on the referees, like how on earth is that not a red

Because we play in blue!

 

[youngbob]

No red cards were given for any of these headbutts - all in the Premier League, all in the last few years.

Not saying these decisions were right, but there's clearly precedent isn't there that not all headbutts are automatic red cards anymore.

 

[meltonblue]

Whatever your interpretation is, it doesn't matter.
Move your head towards an opposing player's head as Gabriel did is a straight red.
Yellow for Haaland, red for Gabriel.
You might not agree but that's the way the law is applied. Someone's view or opinion on it is irrelevant.

This is completely wrong, it is and always has been down to opinion. Some will deem it excessive force, some won’t. It is not irrelevant at all, it’s been the basis of the laws since the beginning of the game. It’s worrying how many people don’t understand that.