Manchester United vs. Crystal Palace match thread

[dreamwaverider]

Clear as day. Football is finished. Utter cheating c****. Has Clattenburg died and been reincarnated as this c***

Watch the Arsenal Chelsea game.
Rice had a chelsea player in a double armed hold while Chelsea were attacking, he then elbowed the ball and Chelsea got nothing. Our beloved game really need a massive overhaul. It is being run by big big money that is doing it no favours.

 

[dreamwaverider]

In my humble opinion the award of a penalty and the brandishing of a 'Red' were correct decisions.

So you disagree with Howard Webb then.

 

[OneStevePerrin]

VAR / Ref would have given a free kick to us outside the box if it had been at the other end. Plus a yellow card as it wasn’t denying a goal scoring opportunity. I would also say that the dive alone which was worthy of a gold medal should have been a yellow card - Grrr! Yes, I’m Palace and biased but in this instance I would say the same for any team in that situation today. The big teams win again :-(

 

[Eaglecoops]

Reasons why it should not have been a penalty and red card.

1) the contact made was light and didn’t bring the player to the ground, who dived forward despite supposedly being dragged back.
2) the initial contact was outside the box.
3) the direction of travel of the ball was not directly toward the goal.
4) the keeper was likely favourite to get to the ball first.
5) Mitchell was getting across to cover.
6) the attacker made no attempt to stay strong and try and win the ball, he dived.

There were more reasons not to award a penalty and a red than there were to do so.

 

[crvenaeagle]

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1ri2hi1/harry_maguire_gets_injured_heading_the_ball