Worst penalty decision I have EVER seen. Remember Chelsea v Barca a few years ago ? Worse than that. And what made it even more inexcusable was that it wasn't even like anyone was travelling at speed. The ball was being played around on the edge of the box, the "foul" itself was debatable in itself, but for him to then point at the spot when it blatantly happened so far outside the box frankly defied belief.
Lets be clear here - it wasn't even a LINE call...the incident was easily a yard outside the box.
Yes, I know we were losing. And yes, I know we weren't playing great. But a minute earlier we were close to an equaliser after their keeper made a right old hash of that cross and Paynters shot was blocked. Next thing, its 0-2 and we're down to 10.
The ref killed us in that moment, and I suspect it was some ham-fisted attempt at "evening it up" after Harper got away with bringing Lambert down in the box earlier. Lets just say that the ref needs "resting" for a while after his decisions this afternoon - he will be utterly mortified when he see's that first penalty call he gave today.
Worse then pen against Bournemouth involving Elphick ?
Worse then pen against Bournemouth involving Elphick ?
Worst penalty decision I have EVER seen. Remember Chelsea v Barca a few years ago ? Worse than that. And what made it even more inexcusable was that it wasn't even like anyone was travelling at speed. The ball was being played around on the edge of the box, the "foul" itself was debatable in itself, but for him to then point at the spot when it blatantly happened so far outside the box frankly defied belief.
Lets be clear here - it wasn't even a LINE call...the incident was easily a yard outside the box.
Yes, I know we were losing. And yes, I know we weren't playing great. But a minute earlier we were close to an equaliser after their keeper made a right old hash of that cross and Paynters shot was blocked. Next thing, its 0-2 and we're down to 10.
The ref killed us in that moment, and I suspect it was some ham-fisted attempt at "evening it up" after Harper got away with bringing Lambert down in the box a few minutes earlier. Lets just say that the ref needs "resting" for a while after his decisions this afternoon - he will be utterly mortified when he see's that first penalty call he gave today.
It was about 4 yards outside the area. Everyone could see it. Can't blame Tanno for losing it. Worst penalty decision i have ever seen.
From my angle looked at least a yard outside. Interesting the the linesman didn't flag for it.
Ref should be suspended for that decision.
Worse then pen against Bournemouth involving Elphick ?
I was sat in the away end right in line with the edge of the area. It was about a foot outside. However the shout 10 mins later when Lambert I think went down (not given), looked like a clear push to me. Game probably lost anyway - but going down to 10 men finished the game - not the pen.
According to a Saints fan it was well outside the area