Manchester City

[Mark79]

And still their fans swear blind that the officials are against them and favour Liverpool.

[Buzzo]

Did that get given? He trips himself up.

[Kenneth]

It did indeed.

[Norbs]

Did that get given? He trips himself up.

He doesn't even manage to make contact with himself, just feins self injury

[Rafa Justice]

It's a weak penalty but the defenders leg catches Grealish's left leg which then hits his standing leg. The sort of thing you'd do at school by knocking one leg onto the other.

Weak but there's contact and its not the dive some are making out.

[spud_gun]

It's a weak penalty but the defenders leg catches Grealish's left leg which then hits his standing leg. The sort of thing you'd do at school by knocking one leg onto the other.

Weak but there's contact and its not the dive some are making out.

There's contact because Grealish initiated it.

[Rafa Justice]

There's contact because Grealish initiated it.

Not for me, the two players are crossing paths. I know what initiating contact looks like and I'm not sure that's it.

Don't give a **** either way tbf but some of the reactions to that pen for 3-0 are embarrassing and just another little reason to stop watching the sport.

[BG1973]

It's a weak penalty but the defenders leg catches Grealish's left leg which then hits his standing leg. The sort of thing you'd do at school by knocking one leg onto the other.

Weak but there's contact and its not the dive some are making out.

Lol, as soon as he gets in front of the player he suddenly starts leaving his trailing leg in the air looking for contact.

Ken called it bang on.

[Pablo]

It's a weak penalty but the defenders leg catches Grealish's left leg which then hits his standing leg. The sort of thing you'd do at school by knocking one leg onto the other.

Weak but there's contact and its not the dive some are making out.

I see it the same as you do. Clumsy but a pen.

[rudedog]

Contact does not mean a pen. Pgmol stated that they were going to be clamping down on incidents where the attacker initiates or exaggerates contact.

This is cleary a case of both, so by their own rules there is no way this should have been a pen.

“It’s not sufficient just to say ‘yes, there was contact’,” Riley, the general manager of Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) said.

“Contact on its own is only part of what referees should look for. If you’ve got clear contact that has a consequence, then that’s what you have got to penalise.”

While the change of emphasis should mean that attackers who initiate or exaggerate contact will not be rewarded, referees will be on the lookout to award penalties where there is clear, meaningful contact but players stay on their feet.

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/mike-riley-premier-league-alex-mccarthy-phil-foden-raheem-sterling-b1895522.html%3famp

[spud_gun]

Contact does not mean a pen. Pgmol stated that they were going to be clamping down on incidents where the attacker initiates contact.

This is cleary a case if that happening, so by their own rules there is no way this should have been a pen.

As witnessed by the events over the weekend PGMOL don't have a ****ing clue what they're actually doing.

[rudedog]

As witnessed by the events over the weekend PGMOL don't have a ****ing clue what they're actually doing.

Of that there is no doubt

[Irishnev]

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[Jas]

Just seen on Sky that Pep has apologised to Stevie G, any ideas what that was about??

[rudedog]

Just seen on Sky that Pep has apologised to Stevie G, any ideas what that was about??

He said it was Manchester City’s fault that he slipped.