Michael Oliver to ref Liverpool v City - City lodge complaint

I’ve no real issue with Oliver today, He should have booked a few of their players very early on but that’s nit picking.

The penalty is something that a lot of refs aren’t going to give and something we’ve seen across every game for the past few months. The problem is, with var in use, more refs than not are going to let play proceed and allow var to ref it for them.

of course, var have said they won’t re-ref games and so tend to back the refs who are leaning on the side of caution when they perhaps ordinarily wouldn’t because of the ability to use var afterwards. it’s turned into a vicious circle that could easily be rectified if we had adequate standard of officials and wasn’t so completely obsessed with this idea of backing refs regardless.

Look how well var was implemented midweek for our penalty which was a free kick then a penalty, that’s how to use it not the bullshit way we currently have.

Today’s decision lies with var though rather than the ref in my view

He had a good view of it. No reason why he didn't give it.
 

Football fans shouldn't be getting upset about tight decisions like that. Some you win, some you lose. The game's gone if it continues down this path.

In any case, what the guy is doing with his own lines doesn't quite work because he's ignoring perspective.
 
The handball was an easy decision to give live. He was two fucking yards away. If he messes up then VAR overturns it, he has to give that.

The only reason why people think he had a good game is because he let the game flow but that's the equivalent of being a fucking coward. They kicked and kicked us, committed snide fouls and pushes in the back etc and he gave them no deterrent to do any different.

A shithouse of a performance.
 
The first penalty claim: probably unintentional but you've seen them given, most famously for Liverpool.
The offside claim: probably too tight to definitively say either way.
The second penalty claim: ball flicked up onto his hand - not a penalty for me, but again you've seen them given.
The yellow cards: some blatant ones not given.

There's nothing there to say the referee had a terrible game, except for the fact that every "could have gone either way" decision went one way.
 

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