Ref Watch

[Bluesince1979]

It’s in the post match thread

Ive watched it about 10 times and keep seeing different things :))

 

[waspish]

This what happens with the negative narrative for ten years subliminally referees think we as a club deserve nought because we all know these referees support another football club.

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

These refs don't have a clue what to do once the match starts.
It's alright prior to the match being told how to officiate a City game but once the harsh reality kicks in and we are being kicked all over the park the ref is caught in between doing his job genuinely or carrying out orders from above and letting us suffer.
There's too many city games now where you can predict how we will be officiated, home and abroad for this to all just be a Coincidence.
It will probably take a broken leg on one of our players for things to change

That wouldn't suffice........I know what is needed but don't really want to say it.

 

[Otamendi's Beard]

It was so obvious he was a snivelling coward after 10 minutes.

That challenge he let go on Foden was a disgrace. An obvious, pre-meditated assault.

 

[bluesteve1964]

Did we actually get a free kick for Felipes challenge on Foden? I am sure the game restarted with a throw in. I stand to be corrected but have to say the ref was shocking. His lack of control early on lead directly to the incidents at the end. Having said that Atletico Madrid are a bunch of twats and I hope they are sanctioned for last night. I won't hold my breath though.

 

[mat]

Did we actually get a free kick for Felipes challenge on Foden? I am sure the game restarted with a throw in. I stand to be corrected but have to say the ref was shocking. His lack of control early on lead directly to the incidents at the end. Having said that Atletico Madrid are a bunch of twats and I hope they are sanctioned for last night. I won't hold my breath though.

I think we took a throw in miles back from the incident?

 

[swinton blue]

I keep hearing about the head butt but not seen on any of the vids

The var would only have the videos from the TV broadcaster and I would guess it was a Spanish one as well so would they release them to the var.
BT found a clip of it but after the final whistle
Similar to the spurs handball in the champs league. After the ref made his decision out of the blue they found the best angle to show the handball

 

[salfordbluetrue]

I`ve seen this ref before and the melee at the end is not unusual, but the question for me was why did UEFA pick him for this type of game, he and his team could not even get the Madrid player to go to the dressing room.

 

[es1]

The var would only have the videos from the TV broadcaster and I would guess it was a Spanish one as well so would they release them to the var.
BT found a clip of it but after the final whistle
Similar to the spurs handball in the champs league. After the ref made his decision out of the blue they found the best angle to show the handball

that's not how it works

 

[Seedy Ron]

Without a doubt this fellah had been told to let things go as he must have had some knowledge of Athletico's methods but reffed it like they were angels. The professionalism we showed in navigating that tie with that particular referee against that particular team shows how far we have come on as a club.

I fucking hate UEFA and everything it stands for but I want to win their shite competition just to get it done so the arseholes in the media can't pile further pressure on us never winning it.

I'm just glad we can swerve that horrible bent twat Lahoz as our semi final opponents are spanish and the twat did his best against us in last years final so surely can't ref this years final.

Obviously we have to navigate their 'darlings' in the semi yet so I expect they will have one or two things up their sleeve to try and screw us over yet again.

I fucking hate them.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

If he’d booked Felipe in the first place for that foul on Foden, none of that would have happened.

 

[Bazzmand Show]

It is a joke that Felipe was not booked for the initial hit on Foden, as others have pointed out it created a precedent for the rest of the game my feeling was he absolutely had lost control by the end of it all.

 

[cleavers]

I keep hearing about the head butt but not seen on any of the vids

Its not a "head butt" in the sense of a pub brawl, but a rubbing of heads instigated by Savic on Sterling, it's quite clear on the videos I've seen. It's a red card in every other game, and if VAR did look at it, it's a nailed on red.

 

[pennblue]

Did we actually get a free kick for Felipes challenge on Foden? I am sure the game restarted with a throw in. I stand to be corrected but have to say the ref was shocking. His lack of control early on lead directly to the incidents at the end. Having said that Atletico Madrid are a bunch of twats and I hope they are sanctioned for last night. I won't hold my breath though.

Pretty sure we will get fined for "failure to control our players" at the same level madrid get. Then the savic bullshit will get swept under the rug and we will see this same ref in the semis or final.

Oh, and uefa will pin the goings on in the tunnel on city and fine us extra, so we come out of it looking the worse offenders.

 

[cleavers]

Did we actually get a free kick for Felipes challenge on Foden? I am sure the game restarted with a throw in.

It did, but Foden was already off the pitch when kicked, it was his rolling back on that upset Savic, and so he tried to drag him back off the pitch.

 

[radcliffe1309]

Pretty sure we will get fined for "failure to control our players" at the same level madrid get. Then the savic bullshit will get swept under the rug and we will see this same ref in the semis or final.

Oh, and uefa will pin the goings on in the tunnel on city and fine us extra, so we come out of it looking the worse offenders.

Yep that's about right

 

[richardtheref]

Another ref to add to the list when people say we should use foreign refs in the PL. This guy is rated in the top 4 or 5 by UEFA

 

[eyalluvitt]

It is a joke that Felipe was not booked for the initial hit on Foden, as others have pointed out it created a precedent for the rest of the game my feeling was he absolutely had lost control by the end of it all.

Even Will Smith at the Oscars would have got booked for that

 

[spiny]

The Atletico Madrid players protested in the belief that they were allowed a minimum 2-3 bad fouls at least early in the game before a booking, mobbing the ref and holding up fingers. The ref went along with this so lots of bookings late in the game when he had no choice and it did not matter with tit for tat yellow cards for City.

The ref lost control whilst trying to avoid controversy. Part of the Atleti strategy is that UEFA dont want to see early decisions, however justifiable, that compromise the balance and spectacle of the game. The consequence was the anarchy at the end of the game, although UEFA will be happy because of all the publicity it attracted.

They also get to show who is boss by being the judge on their view of events and ability to arbitrarily impose sanctions.

 

[WestGorton]

The Atletico Madrid players protested in the belief that they were allowed a minimum 2-3 bad fouls at least early in the game before a booking, mobbing the ref and holding up fingers. The ref went along with this so lots of bookings late in the game when he had no choice and it did not matter with tit for tat yellow cards for City.

The ref lost control whilst trying to avoid controversy. Part of the Atleti strategy is that UEFA dont want to see early decisions, however justifiable, that compromise the balance and spectacle of the game. The consequence was the anarchy at the end of the game, although UEFA will be happy because of all the publicity it attracted.

They also get to show who is boss by being the judge on their view of events and ability to arbitrarily impose sanctions.

Ref looked frightened.