Ref Watch

[jamielowndes]

The ref was garbage.

He didn't concede 2 soft goals at the end of the game. We put ourselves in a position to try and blame that. We've just played Atleti, we KNEW what we were in for and for the most part we handled it.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

The early Casemiro challenge on de Bruyne was an obvious card.

The one on Foden is more complicated. The ref played advantage, and the laws currently are that a foul that doesn't stop an attack does not get carded.
If that challenge would get a card for a different reason (e.g. recklessness), it would get a card for that. It is certainly possible to make the argument that the collar pull prevented Foden backing up the attack and thus should have been carded, but it is opinion.

As Orsato bizarrely avoided backing Casemiro at all, the argument that he should have multiple cards is hypothetical and meaningless. No-one knows what he'd have done if the first one had been booked (and Laporte/Modric would also have been card-free).

That BT were incredulous as Sterling's booking and Foden's 'foul' on the bloke charging up behind him said everything about the decisions.

The Walker/Vinicius collisions looked like one shoulder-shoulder, and one where Walker was looking at the ball. As a foul would likely involve a red card, I don't think there was enough certainty to do anything. I thought both looked okay.

The only thing City seemed to get away with was the looped ball that came down on Cancelo's arm.

 

[laplandblue]

Sad to say but there's more people involved than just him should be hanging their heads in shame from this incident.

I remember when the question was being asked a few seasons ago, how to stop City. Injuries were the suggestion. After that it was open season on leg breaking tackles on City players. I think Pep Guardiola asked for protection for players and it was scoffed at. That's the season we played Wigan and a bad tackle, a sending off tackle on a City player wasn't even booked, if I remember correctly? Certainly no sending off. I think Fabian Delph was sent off in the same game for a much less severe tackle. Yet some still believe there's no agenda.

 

[laplandblue]

Reading the posts about who was to blame for the injury, player or ref. I would just like to say I looked at the face of Dallas as he was about to make an earlier tackle, it was a face of anger and fury and I had no doubt in my mind that this was a player heading out of control and it was no surprise to me when someone got injured by him, luckily for Grealish it was Dallas himself who got injured. Also,if he had not injured himself the ref was not going to give, and didn't give, him either a yellow or red card and would have carried on running wild untill someone did receive an injury by him. His behaviour and the tolerence shown by the referee was a perfect game management ploy plotted by their manager knowing they would have a weak referee who would turn a blind eye to thuggish behaviour on City's players as this referee has previous for this whilst refereeing City games.

There seems to be a common theme where referees and City are concerned. The Brighton game was similar, last season? LiVARpool and Athletico Madrid had free license too to make rash tackles on City players.

 

[city2]

There’s a surprise plenty of coverage on sky sports page.

 

[laplandblue]

Yep. Like that season we had 10+ leg breakers against us, of which not one saw a red (few werent even given as fouls), then delph over stretched for one (Wigan away i think in the Cup), straight red!!

I remember that, yet some still think there is no agenda and decisions even out.

 

[laplandblue]

Didn't Atkinson ref the wolves game we lost 3-2 at theres?

I think so. Was that the game where we could have had another hundred points season but for an offside goal scored with the players hand?

 

[laplandblue]

There is no way that how we are refereed in this competition (and maybe the PL) is equitable. Tonight was actually pretty tame in comparison to the antics of Sr Lahoz in the past. Why is that……?? Bent bastards.

Some people would have us believe though that all teams get reffed equally. The media highlights the odd decision in City's favour as a distraction from the game changing decisions some teams get in their favour almost every game.

 

[Kippax77]

Madrid were favoured last night by the ref cos they were playing us.
They will be punished for everything in the final vs the darlings, just wait and see.
It's that bent you can predict referee performances before a ball as been kicked

 

[laplandblue]

Just watched it back - one singular stoppage in the second half of extra time was 2.50. Add on other stoppages and substitutions and you’re probably looking at 4-5 minutes but no only 3 but the ref blows on 2.50. It’s not right. We probably wouldn’t have scored anyhow but give us a chance!!! (Actually we might have if Casemeiro had received one or two yellows!)
It really is bent - still UEFA have got their dream final

Add that to the offside goal LiVARpool got against Villareal and the refusal to give Villareal a penalty in the following game and maybe even a dismissal for the goalkeeper. Same shit, different game.