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

 

[Willo]

So you disagree with Howard Webb then.

Howard Webb has been honest enough to air his opinion on the decisions by the referee and VAR.
I have nothing more to add, I am rather busy this week leading up to the Conservative Spring Conference in Harrogate where I shall be in attendance, hence my time on HOL will be somewhat limited.

 

[Casual]

Agree. And Hughes could have gone.
Inconsistent decisions.
Didn’t know what he was going to give yesterday.
Could have been no foul, yellow/penalty, yellow/free kick, red/penalty, red/free kick.
We got double punished.
Shame as the decision changed the game.
We go again.

I honestly thought whartons penalty tackle last week should have been a red card.

Maybe it's balanced itself out?

 

[Casual]

Im not one for conspiracy theories and refs cheating.

The Declan Rice one on the Chelsea player was a joke, how is that not a foul. He better get them out the way now, don’t want them at the World Cup.

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.

 

[mtp1958]

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.

If a genuine chance a striker would have muscled on and took it he didn't have the ball under control hence the dramatic dive , lacroix hand was lifting before he went down so we're is the pull back , as said if Sarr had done it would have been lucky to get the pen let alone the sending off , also I wouldn't have been happy with Sarr

 

[park the bus]

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.

Don't hold your breath. Manchester City and the 115 charges? 3 years on and still no verdict. Money talks! I guess it's natural to think that if there's nothing to hide then all would have been revealed by now.

Man City 115 charges: Javier Tebas says handling of case 'damaging' for Premier League

The Premier League has been "damaged" by the fact there is yet to be a verdict in the case against Man City, says Javier Tebas.

www.bbc.co.uk