I listened to Martin Tyler commentary over here in the States. I’m not sure who his sidekick was, but they stated and discussed that Palace did a “good foul” on one occasion and a “good tactical foul” on another shortly after. I don’t ever recall City getting such compliments.
Made this EXACT same comment to my son!
Grealish was called for a “cynical” foul when he tried to get the ball but caught the back of the Palace player’s leg, but then, within minutes, Palace were being admired for a “good tactical foul.”
The double standard is a joke. Then, on BBC, they were all over Rodri for multiple fouls without receiving a yellow card, even when he ran to Kouate to complain about his diving and time-wasting.
And, yet another game where the time-wasting started from the kick off, but not a single time-wasting word, let alone yellow card! Even Vieira was kicking the ball away when it rolled out of play at their bench!
Fucking hate these kind of teams, yet everyone lauds them because their negativity blunts the most beautiful football they’ve ever seen played. It’s strange, isn’t it? Lauding NEGATIVE PLAY, simply because we are favorites to win.
The commentators succumb to it, the home fans succumb to it, and then, post-match, the media piles in. Next thing you know THEY played a masterpiece and we were poor!!!
It’s lazy, boring and uninformed…but no-one outside of City fans cares.