Well, you do always go way overboard with the whole Man City conspiracy stuff... but I'll give you some latitude todayEr.... at risk of the fans forum strictures, apart from a penalty given early in the season against Manchester City at Stoke, I can't recall any others...
Last touch by a player in the PA, correct call45m40s Start of second half Ederson shanks a kick from his own penalty area, in open play, that hits Tierney in the centre circle preventing Fabinho taking possession.
Tierney runs back and throws the ball to Ederson in his own box...
Yes, an excellent and rare example especially that far from goal.Last touch by a player in the PA, correct call
In a game today I accidentally blocked a player attempting to make a tackle. I am guessing this is just bad luck and play continues?Last touch by a player in the PA, correct call
Agree with this completely. I can see the case for them both being wrong decisions, but I don't see either as obvious horrific mistakes. And Pep's reaction was wild and didn't stop - could have been red by the time he got the yellow, and could have got another yellow for carrying on after.If there was a foul on Foden it was the tap on his ankle and that was definitely outside the area. Any potential push on him after was minimal and not a foul for me.
The Milner one is interesting. My immediate reaction was that Henderson had made the foul, something shared by Neville and Tyler, and I suspect that is what Tierney gave. If he did penalise Milner then it had to be a caution. That said, whether right or wrong, Guardiola can't behave like that and was very lucky to get yellow as opposed to red.
um, wrong. A send off is also a reviewable event. The VAR had two jobs on that play—determine if there was a clear error in not calling a foul in the PA for a PK and determine if there was a clear error by not calling a fouls that would be DOGSO.Because if VAR decides it's outside the area, it's not a penalty incident so they wouldn't even call a foul let alone DOGSO.
Either way it was pretty poor. If he gave the foul for Henderson then VAR should have assisted and Milner's actions clearly would have garnered a yellow under any other circumstances.Pep is not a happy bunny and justifiably so...
Is Tierney out of his depth, has he bottled red carding a Liverpool player at Anfield or just following the mantra of "keep it 11v11 in a high profile televised game for entertainment purposes"?
VAR cannot intervene to recommend a caution.Either way it was pretty poor. If he gave the foul for Henderson then VAR should have assisted and Milner's actions clearly would have garnered a yellow under any other circumstances.
I think so, too, but the language could be more clear on this particular play. Law 9 says:Last touch by a player in the PA, correct call
If it was the last touch by an official in the PA the outcome would still be a dropped ball for the GK.I think so, too, but the language could be more clear on this particular play. Law 9 says:
• The ball is dropped for the defending team goalkeeper in their penalty area if, when play was stopped:
• the ball was in the penalty area or
• the last touch of the ball was in the penalty area
• In all other cases, the referee drops the ball for one player of the team that last touched the ball at the position where it last touched a player, an outside agent or, as outlined in Law 9.1, a match official
i think IFAB means last touch “by a player,“ which makes the R right on this play, but I wish they had those words in there to make it clear
If we want to be picky about this where the ball was dropped was not the issue, the fact that game was stopped was. None of the dropped ball conditions were met.45m40s Start of second half Ederson shanks a kick from his own penalty area, in open play, that hits Tierney in the centre circle preventing Fabinho taking possession.
Tierney runs back and throws the ball to Ederson in his own box...
The pen is outside the box isn't it? So var doesn't get involved (unless they think its dogso or sfp) which it isn'tHaving seen the two incidents, there is no doubt that the referee got them both wrong. I don't understand why VAR did not review the penalty, and the referee has bottled the second yellow for Milner because of where he was. It's difficult, but referees are paid to make the tough decisions at places like Anfield.
Yes, I thought he gave the foul by Henderson. Maybe he should have animated that when making his decision.If there was a foul on Foden it was the tap on his ankle and that was definitely outside the area. Any potential push on him after was minimal and not a foul for me.
The Milner one is interesting. My immediate reaction was that Henderson had made the foul, something shared by Neville and Tyler, and I suspect that is what Tierney gave. If he did penalise Milner then it had to be a caution. That said, whether right or wrong, Guardiola can't behave like that and was very lucky to get yellow as opposed to red.
Micah Richards analysis after the game was also way over the top. Not sure pundits can be yellow carded!Agree with this completely. I can see the case for them both being wrong decisions, but I don't see either as obvious horrific mistakes. And Pep's reaction was wild and didn't stop - could have been red by the time he got the yellow, and could have got another yellow for carrying on after.