Taylor for the Liverpool game

[Roachy]

Ref the Kompany tackle, why did Salah slam his hand into the ground repeatedly as if he had been horrorifically injured. To obviously try and con the ref. If he had got up straight away instead of faking injury I doubt if Taylor would have even given a free kick.
Twice in the second half he received the ball with his back to goal on the edge of our penalty area and his first instinct was to look for the contact and go down.
He`s a cheat plain and simple, but because he plays for one of the "history" teams it`s acceptable.

And Mane is no better, cut from the same cloth.

They are a pair of detestable twats aren't they. Mane just edges it for me though, not because of his forehead but that sickly little grin he has.

 

[Ajm1985]

A mate of a mate knows Taylor well and says he isn't a United fan. Apparently Taylor's family have received abuse about it as well.

Pretty simple that he just shouldn't officiate Manc club games. Or to be honest, top level games as he's not the best

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Watching it live at the ground in real time it looked from our position like a good, firm challenge and not even a foul. The slowed down TV replays usually make these kinds of challenges look worse than they were and this is no exception; what they don't do is make it look like Vinnie did anything other than try to win the ball. I think it was more careless than reckless but the free kick and caution given were not unreasonable.

I thought Lovren's challenge was worse.

Completely agree. We didn't think it was a foul in real-time while Lovren's was malicious.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

A mate of a mate knows Taylor well and says he isn't a United fan. Apparently Taylor's family have received abuse about it as well.

Pretty simple that he just shouldn't officiate Manc club games. Or to be honest, top level games as he's not the best

He's not a bad ref but when Riley did his Q&A in 2012 for Points of Blue, he outlined the criteria used when allocating a ref.
1) Shouldn't officiate a team they've declared support for or a team where that support might create a conflict of interest (e.g. a City fan shouldn't ref a United game).
2) Shouldn't referee a team from their own county association (Taylor is Cheshire FA whereas City & Utd are both Manchester).
3) Shouldn't be any other obvious potential conflict of interest.

To me, having a Manchester-based ref in games involving Manchester-based teams is an obvious potential conflict of interest. Mind you, Riley couldn't seem to grasp that having Bolton-supporting Lee Mason ref a game involving QPR when they were one of Bolton's relegation rivals in 2012 was a potential conflict of interest.

 

[mosssideblue]

For anyone to even question whether Kompany had the intention to foul Mo Salah is a disgrace not only to the player himself, but also to Pep and Man City.

We have a club who pride itself, under the guidance of Pep, with playing hard but fair. Why would any of our players dive, cheat or try and hurt an opponent when they know they are streets ahead of them in terms of ability.

Kompany is well known as being one of the good guys in football and it's clear he always plays in a sporting manner and would never of dream of trying to win unfairly.

Who has said he went in to hurt him coz I haven't read that in any thread

 

[mosssideblue]

They are a pair of detestable twats aren't they. Mane just edges it for me though, not because of his forehead but that sickly little grin he has.

They are both despicable cheats but I give the gold award to both Salah, and the club for not managing that out of him (dont laugh)

 

[aguero93:20]

He's not a bad ref but when Riley did his Q&A in 2012 for Points of Blue, he outlined the criteria used when allocating a ref.
1) Shouldn't officiate a team they've declared support for or a team where that support might create a conflict of interest (e.g. a City fan shouldn't ref a United game).
2) Shouldn't referee a team from their own county association (Taylor is Cheshire FA whereas City & Utd are both Manchester).
3) Shouldn't be any other obvious potential conflict of interest.

Yet he was happy to give Kevin Friend Spurs matches in the 15/16 run in despite Friend being a declared Leicester supporter.

 

[caseball]

He's not a bad ref but when Riley did his Q&A in 2012 for Points of Blue, he outlined the criteria used when allocating a ref.
1) Shouldn't officiate a team they've declared support for or a team where that support might create a conflict of interest (e.g. a City fan shouldn't ref a United game).
2) Shouldn't referee a team from their own county association (Taylor is Cheshire FA whereas City & Utd are both Manchester).
3) Shouldn't be any other obvious potential conflict of interest.

To me, having a Manchester-based ref in games involving Manchester-based teams is an obvious potential conflict of interest. Mind you, Riley couldn't seem to grasp that having Bolton-supporting Lee Mason ref a game involving QPR when they were one of Bolton's relegation rivals in 2012 was a potential conflict of interest.

The structure, and other aspects (Who's the designated royal?), of the FA isn't really suitable. Large parts of Cheshire, as an example, are extensions of Manchester and Liverpool. Like Government in the UK, the whole thing needs a radical re-organisation. But the turkeys aren't going to vote for Christmas.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

I still think the Sterling incident should have been a penalty and I still think Vinnie did not commit anything remotely like a red card offence. At the time I thought it was a great block tackle and I'm still of that opinion now. I thought Liverpool were lucky not to have more players booked at least and I share the opinion that there is something sly about Salah, unpleasant about Mane and simpering about "Bobby" Firmino. I have to admit, though, that my viewpoint is (perhaps highly?) partial, even though I try to be objective. So, I do realise that a referee might take a different view of certain events. Against Chelsea two seasons ago I thought he refereed exactly as a rag lovin' Altrinchamite would do but in the derby earlier this season I thought he had a good game. On Thursday he made several decisions which I disagreed with but the scousers were dissatisfied with him at least as much as I was and I detected no evidence of bias or an anti-City "agenda", and our victory, combined with that in the derby, seems to amount to fairly conclusive proof of this. I will still be concerned when he is given charge of any of our games but that, I think, "is just me".

No it's not just you.

Don't the no he had a particularly good game, missed the pen on Sterling, let them waste time but straight on us, double foul when Pep kicked off, stopped the game for a dipper head injury which wasn't etc

Obviously I have no proof but a pound to a penny without the goal-line technology he'd have given that clearance as a goal.

 

[CityInWashingtonState]

Taylor's refereeing of the game was excellent IMO. No complaints. Moreover, he kept a highly charged match between two squads vying for the title in a pivotal match largely free of fouls. Certainly referring did not decide the match.