Looks like Webb has left Man U and signed for Chelsea, Liverpool been robbed now in 2 matches and gone from top to 5th because of it.
Bad officials have cost them two points with two of the worst decisions of the season.
Unfortunately this is happening too often and these Traffic Wardens in shorts need to get their acts together and accept criticism instead of insisting that they are rightall of the time and nobody being allowed to tell the truth about them.
Raheem Sterling missing an easy chance in the 2nd half was as much responsible for Liverpool losing at Man City as the linesman was for flagging for offside against Sterling in the 1st half when he made the classic mistake of flagging on the basis of where the attacker was when he received the ball rather than where he was when it was played.
Raheem Sterling missing an easy chance in the 2nd half was as much responsible for Liverpool losing at Man City as the linesman was for flagging for offside against Sterling in the 1st half when he made the classic mistake of flagging on the basis of where the attacker was when he received the ball rather than where he was when it was played.
So the offside goal that was not offside was not "as much responsible for Liverpool losing at Man City" then. Funny that, it would have put Liverpool 2-0 up, and.....it would have made the game a draw, unless i missed something.
That linesman flagged for something he couldn't have seen because it didn't happen.That is not a mistake.It is cheating.
He flagged for something that didn't exist.How could he do that?
Not necessarily. Always makes me laugh when people say 'if he'd scored that goal, they'd have been this much in front etc'. Liverpool could have gone 2-0 up, started defending very deep and City could still have come back and won, you just don't know. City ultimately won the match because they are a better team than Liverpool and are more used to closing out those type of matches than the current Liverpool side are at the moment. You can talk about how Liverpool have had decisions go against them until the cows come home, but the fact is they have lost their last 2 matches from winning positions. That says to me that there are deficiencies defensively and mentally which they also need to overcome.
So in other words, in your what if, what if scenarios.........if the goal had stood then the score would have been 2-2.....but what if eh.
Cheating? That's a strong word. More a case of assumption and sometimes we know they can be the mother of something. Quite possibly he was watching the player who had the ball and didn't immediately see where Sterling's starting position was when the ball was played, but was fooled by Sterling's pace into thinking he was in an offside position. You probably see a linesman make a mistake with the position of the attacker when the ball was played versus their position when they received the ball at least once in most matches you see at all levels of the game. Does that make them all cheats? I'd say not, but they need more training on that scenario because of the pace of the game now. It's also an area of the game where they should embrace technology more to come to the right decision.
It could have been, but the game could have also then become more stretched and more goals might have been scored, who knows? Blaming officials when you lose when there are other reasons you lost, ultimately, is losers' talk.
All refs are clowns.
Week after week of poor refereeing.
The Italian guy was ok and the filly assistant that Keys wanted to smash seems very good.
Worst ref ever, Graham Poll, but still Talksport ask for his opinions.
Apart from that all no hopers
Officials shouldn't "Assume" anything.
I don't doubt your assumptions, as you say it COULD also have become more stretched. The fact though, and not what might of been, is a perfectly good goal was disallowed, which assuming the match was played out like it was....would have made the score 2-2.
And on that basis, had Sterling not missed a sitter, Liverpool would have won 3-2. So on the basis of your argument, he cost them 2 points.
And on that basis, had Sterling not missed a sitter, Liverpool would have won 3-2. So on the basis of your argument, he cost them 2 points.
That linesman made up an offside.
He made it up.It didn't happen.There was no offside,but he made one up.
You do get it??
He didn't make it up. We're not in Italy, there's no conspiracy. He made a misjudgement and thought there was an offside where there wasn't one. Ultimately, it was still a mistake, as was Sterling's glaring inability to score from close range and so too Mignolet's inexplicable handling.