Fame Monster
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Apart from the fact that he started laughing when our goal was disallowed and is United through and through, the most important example of his bias yesterday was when Sterling brought down Walker-Pieters (I think) and as soon as he went down, Neville piped up with his usual "that's a tactical foul!" for which Sterling was harshly booked.
2 minutes later, Ndombele brought down De Bruyne 20 yards closer to goal. Neville said nothing and Ndombele wasn't booked despite the foul. Now obviously, Oliver must watch a lot of Premier League games on Sky and takes heed of what Neville says consciously or otherwise so it seems to be getting to the point where he's influencing referees with this tactical foul nonsense, making out that we're the only team that commits 'tactical fouls' despite committing the least amount of fouls overall in the Premier League the last two seasons. There was another foul committed by Moura which was a lot more of a tactical foul than Sterling's but yet again Neville said nothing and Oliver didn't book him.
So have we reached the point where, by only using the term 'tactical foul' in relation to City and mentioning it every time City commit a foul, that referees are being malignantly and deliberately influenced by Neville so that they punish City's 'tactical fouls' harsher than any other club? It definitely seemed that way yesterday.
Edit: BBC article released after the Spurs game seems to confirm my suspicion that Neville is biased and City are not the only team to commit tactical fouls in England. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49371002
2 minutes later, Ndombele brought down De Bruyne 20 yards closer to goal. Neville said nothing and Ndombele wasn't booked despite the foul. Now obviously, Oliver must watch a lot of Premier League games on Sky and takes heed of what Neville says consciously or otherwise so it seems to be getting to the point where he's influencing referees with this tactical foul nonsense, making out that we're the only team that commits 'tactical fouls' despite committing the least amount of fouls overall in the Premier League the last two seasons. There was another foul committed by Moura which was a lot more of a tactical foul than Sterling's but yet again Neville said nothing and Oliver didn't book him.
So have we reached the point where, by only using the term 'tactical foul' in relation to City and mentioning it every time City commit a foul, that referees are being malignantly and deliberately influenced by Neville so that they punish City's 'tactical fouls' harsher than any other club? It definitely seemed that way yesterday.
Edit: BBC article released after the Spurs game seems to confirm my suspicion that Neville is biased and City are not the only team to commit tactical fouls in England. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49371002
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