johnwood21 said:black mamba said:Wouldn't be surprised ...
but i find it hard to put all the blame for todays wash out solely at Balotellis door .... it was almost full time when he was dismissed , and even though he'd done little , and had minimal impact , so had a few others ..... we had three or four stars out there who gave good accounts of themselves , but others , once again , clearly let themselves down.
A some of his fouls before his sending off:
1) Song - first half - straight red had it been seen by the ref (or his assistants - oh how I laugh at that description).
2) A couple of assaults on Sagna - both yellows in the first half.
Assualts really? He had every right to go for both balls 1 he won which didn't result in an Arsenal foul and the other was split seconds late which was an harsh yellow card. So I really doubt they were assaults.
Seems like everyone has been taken in by the disgraceful way Sky targeted Balotelli today. For me he didn't do much wrong yes the first tackle on Song was bad but I didn't think he meant to do it but other than that he was fine, if he didn't chase down Sagna for the second yellow everyone would be saying how lazy he was.. he just can't win