Man City vs Liverpool - Premier League (20/21 - Game 8)

[rodo]

Seems odd that Guardiola made an issue of highlighting the 5 subs rule in a game where he only made 1

Not a great way of backing up your viewpoint

[SB]

True. Would you start him against City?

No the 60th minute against tired legs I would have thought so.

[S-RED]

Seems odd that Guardiola made an issue of highlighting the 5 subs rule in a game where he only made 1

Not a great way of backing up your viewpoint

Quality of opposition has to be taken in to account, neither manager could risk losing yesterday (Mancs especially); but if that have been Fulham & they wanted to rest a few, then they would have used more subs. I don't think you can use yesterday as a barometer at all.

[kingfunk]

Regarding the peno, I can understand why it was given, my issue is with the refs basing there decision making on watching the play back in slow motion, which is flawed, in reality (real time) Gomez didn’t have time to move his hand, which was not in an unnatural position, which technically makes it not a peno.

[baitman]

Regarding the peno, I can understand why it was given, my issue is with the refs basing there decision making on watching the play back in slow motion, which is flawed, in reality (real time) Gomez didn’t have time to move his hand, which was not in an unnatural position, which technically makes it not a peno.

Gomez had his hand kind of outstretched, just his natural running posture, he tried his very best to pull his arm in but the var *******s felt it was still outside his body silhouette.
I'd say the ball actually hit his arm as it was turned and it was then back inside his silhouette if looked at from the angle the ball was kicked from.
He should have just chested the ball.

[The_weatherman]

Yeah, i get that.

FWIW, i agree. We shouldn't be running players into the ground but i am a little sympathetic to the smaller clubs that don't have the bench that ourselves and City can put out every week. It definitely favours the bigger clubs.

But the big clubs also have more players on international duty and more games in Europe. I think it's pretty small time from the other clubs tbh, maybe fueled in part because of that project Big picture.

They themselves will be in trouble when the cup competitions start as well.