Agree entirely, the defence did entirely the right thing, were organised and executed the offside trap. As a result we didn’t then attack the ball as it was clear Rashford was shielding the ball, his feet at times were mm from touching the ball. Under no circumstance should that goal stand. Outrageous.Akanji has done exactly what he should. Lured rashford into the offside trap, it worked perfectly. No issue on Akanji. Other than a ludicrous interpretation by some corrupt officials.
Agree, if rashford isn’t interfering in play Ederson comes out and clears the ball.
We are objectively worse than last season and i'll give you a second to figure out the only significant change between last season and this one.
What a load of bollocks! You are Howard Webb, I claim my £5He makes no attempt to play the ball (we are quoting the same thing BTW).
Why cant the defenders make a tackle...he doesnt block them
Ederson is not impeded....Rashford does not stop Ederson moving towards the ball (which is what it says)
Yes I agree as Ive said numours times....Rashford affected the decision making of Akanji and Walker.....but he did nothing to physically stop them playing the ball and thats what the law implies.....
same, made a brew and waited for match to finish, knew what I was in for when I checked at full time, wasn't surprised in the slightestTV went off at final whistle, what have pundits said about their equaliser?
trueArsenal have not beaten Spurs yet
It's not the law. It should be, but it's not. The game is played to the actual laws, not the ones we think would be sensibleThanks, genius.
Fucking shocking!
The defending for both goals was atrocious.
In fact, apart from the few minutes leading up to our goal, we were appalling. The passing was off, the defending wasn’t much better.
It has to be said that Atwell was very poor, but we’ve come to expect that, as it happens in most of our games.
Now, there’s a real danger that those bastards will finish above us; something a whole generation of kids have never seen.
I can't even cope with how bad a decision it is. Fuming!!!He’s not even a yard away….
Oooo I certainly wouldn't bet on that.No way will they finish higher than us
err, you do know , since we beat utd 6-3. they have not lost .Arsenal will destroy us this season. Utd are shit & struggled to do anything
Prick! Sorry to disappointLOL go enjoy your we beat City trophy (by cheating) raggy :)
Losing to a dodgy goal was the worst thing that could have happened to us. We need some home truths. As ilkay said - no hunger. We're not interested. How many times to we need to lose and embarrass ourselves before we pull our finger out?
Wrong Villa beat themerr, you do know , since we beat utd 6-3. they have not lost .
Right call by the letter but should not be so black and white. Rules clearly being made and analyzed by people who don't clearly understand them from an in game live ball perspective. Rashford clearly had possession and interfered with the play whilst offsides regardless of not touching the ball.IT'S GOT TO STOP (CHEATING)
It's the interpretation of the law that's bullshit.It's not the law. It should be, but it's not. The game is played to the actual laws, not the ones we think would be sensible
You are right that Stones/Dias or Dias /Laporte or combination of those three would be first choice. However, we have to have squad players. We could never keep 5 top notch CB happy. They wouldn't stay.Unpopular opinion but Ake and Akanji are the sort of players we’d have bought when we had just come into wealth and were fighting for Top 4. They’re the sort of players I’d expect Newcastle to buy now.
Both have played well at points for us of course, as did e.g. Craig Bellamy when we bought him (but I don’t think we’d have him now). It’s an odd transfer strategy. I’d lump Phillips and Gomez in that category too, and possibly Grealish.
Ultimately I think there can be too much disregard for strength “on paper” - yes it’s not everything, but a centre back pairing of Dias, Laporte and/or Stones (putting aside injuries) should always be our preferred one.
Yes a little bit. Down to Pep I'd say....keep the ball at all costs. I miss the overlapping runs from walker, the pullbacks from the byline, the passes in between their fullbacks....its all pretty much gone this season. Not much football off the cuff or bits of magic these days. Crazy when u think back to last few seasons and all the chances we missed and we all thought all we needed was a finisher and now we have one of the best....we've stopped creating 30 chances a game!? It's all gone weird somehow :-(Anyone else just finding us boring as fuck to watch recently, as well? We can 'control' the game and pass the ball around all day, but it doesn't win us games. Hugely frustrating.
City are in the blood so you can’t give up…what i want to see is offside rule made sensible,handball rule made sensible,goalies made to stay on pens and VAR binning.Anyone just feel like giving up on football completely? Not just today but how many times over the last few years have we been screwed over by bent officials?
I'm not renewing next season, had enough of it.