Manuel Pellegrini

[rushts]

Manuel Pellegrini berated referee Mark Clattenburg and said his performance cost Manchester City victory after a breathless 2-2 draw against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.

Pellegrini was frustrated by Clattenburg's failure to detect an apparent foul on Sergio Aguero shortly before Jack Wilshere's equaliser and also believed the official was at fault for not awarding a free kick when Danny Welbeck pushed Vincent Kompany in the build up to Alexis Sanchez's goal.

"Arsenal scored both goals with fouls. They were illegal goals and of course it cost us our victory," said Pellegrini, whose champions were anxious to hit back after a shock defeat by Stoke City before the international break.

"I'm disappointed because they were two clear fouls. The first goal was unbelievable that it continued and the referee didn't want to whistle.

"The second foul was a clear push from Welbeck to Kompany once he'd cleared the ball with the header. He had no intention to play the ball."

Pellegrini's gripes did not end there.

He said City should have had a penalty when they led 1-0 after Wilshere appeared to handle the ball in his own area.

"There was a clear penalty when both hands of Wilshere touched the ball in the box in front of the linesman," the 60-year-old added.

"I don't think this penalty was more clear than last year with [Martin] Skrtel at Liverpool," he said in reference to last season's 3-2 loss at Anfield when Clattenburg failed to award a similar penalty when the defender handled the ball.

"He [the referee] had a very bad day last year against Liverpool and again today he had a very bad day."

Fucking good on you Manuel, bang on.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Manuel Pellegrini berated referee Mark Clattenburg and said his performance cost Manchester City victory after a breathless 2-2 draw against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.

Pellegrini was frustrated by Clattenburg's failure to detect an apparent foul on Sergio Aguero shortly before Jack Wilshere's equaliser and also believed the official was at fault for not awarding a free kick when Danny Welbeck pushed Vincent Kompany in the build up to Alexis Sanchez's goal.

"Arsenal scored both goals with fouls. They were illegal goals and of course it cost us our victory," said Pellegrini, whose champions were anxious to hit back after a shock defeat by Stoke City before the international break.

"I'm disappointed because they were two clear fouls. The first goal was unbelievable that it continued and the referee didn't want to whistle.

"The second foul was a clear push from Welbeck to Kompany once he'd cleared the ball with the header. He had no intention to play the ball."

Pellegrini's gripes did not end there.

He said City should have had a penalty when they led 1-0 after Wilshere appeared to handle the ball in his own area.

"There was a clear penalty when both hands of Wilshere touched the ball in the box in front of the linesman," the 60-year-old added.

"I don't think this penalty was more clear than last year with [Martin] Skrtel at Liverpool," he said in reference to last season's 3-2 loss at Anfield when Clattenburg failed to award a similar penalty when the defender handled the ball.

"He [the referee] had a very bad day last year against Liverpool and again today he had a very bad day."

Nailed it!

 

[Vienna_70]

manuel doesn't like clattenburg does he!

What did he say?

cant remember word for word but saying he had another bad game similar to the liverpool away game last season

I had to laugh at the twats on BT Sport questioning why Manuel was going on about last season - "that's gone, now," or something similar - but it was relevant because it was the same ref in the two games Pellers talked about.

Of course Wright is going to say there was nothing wrong with the challenges. He's more biased towards l'Arse than pig ginger is towards the rags. And McManaman is just a Scouse pointer.

Wankers the lot of them!

 

[FantasyIreland]

The boss is no pushover and certainly nobody's fool,he doesn't often make his feelings public but on this occasion he is right to do so and I don't think anyone can argue with his version of events,he's called it spot on for me.

That was a strange refereeing performance to say the least.

 

[carlos tevez is a blue]

You tell them Manuel.

 

[Kompany is King]

Wonder if FA will express a view on Pellegrini's comment today?

 

[Vienna_70]

Wonder if FA will express a view on Pellegrini's comment today?

I'm sure it will.

No doubt, Manuel will receive a letter within the next couple of days, asking him to explain his comments, which will be swiftly followed by a fine, ban or both.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

That twat Ray Stubbs also tried to draw him out on Joe Hart to which he politely gave him a backhanded fuck off and told him 'I only speak of team performance'.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Correct decision to select clichy, for defensive reasons. Correct to go with Milner and navas in the wide roles to give us pace and solidity in those areas. Wrong to select lampard, but very pleased he put that right at half time. Taking aguero off was obviously with one eye on Wednesday, so I will accept that, and the introduction of kolorov worked well. The manager is clearly showing he is learning about his opponents in the premier league.

A great day for him, although he totally deserved three points.

Indeed.

 

[baildon blue]

I like it when Manuel talked about the referee . He was bang on with what he said .
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