MikeKing
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Not even in a perfect world. Just in a league where referees have a moderate grasp on the game. The push on De Gea. How can a keeper protect himself when his feet is off the ground and a player nowhere near playing the ball just pushes him in the back so he goes flying. De Gea at the least would have been in position to get a hand in front of the goal blocking the header with his hand. He wouldn't have caught it, but that push is a clear and obvious foul on any goalkeeper in the league. Why is these decisions clear cut for large parts of the season except for a few games a season at key moments for United where a lot is made of how weak De Gea is. It happened against Bournemouth last year I think it was, where he was attacked and nothing was given.
The Maguire "foul" and disallowed goal. Why did the ref rush to blow so quickly once stood there watching the ball towards the open goal? Isn't this a clear and obvious refereeing mistake to blow that early when he knows VAR is there? Shouldn't VAR intervene when referees makes a clear and obvious mistake like blowing the whistle before a perfectly good goal crosses the line? Shouldn't they be able to say, hey ref made a mistake as it wasn't a foul and the ball had gone in. Why not?
Up until their goal and our disallowed goal we played with a lot of pace in our play. Obviously that isn't going to last 90 minutes but once you score and own 85% of the ball, either the game opens up or you control the match. If teams can just crowd the area and push goalkeepers over to get the ball over the line, you should do the same. You can't win by playing football, you have to do the exact same thing but I assure you if we did something like that the other way we would not get it. In fact this game is proof of exactly that. It's like the situation against Leicester a few years ago where Vardy fouled Rafael and dived into him and nobody talks about the injustice or the lack of coherency in refereeing decisions, it's all about shitting on United. I'm not buying it this time. I refuse to do so. The game should have been 1-0 by half time. In the words of the great Walt Jr.. This is bullshit!
The Maguire "foul" and disallowed goal. Why did the ref rush to blow so quickly once stood there watching the ball towards the open goal? Isn't this a clear and obvious refereeing mistake to blow that early when he knows VAR is there? Shouldn't VAR intervene when referees makes a clear and obvious mistake like blowing the whistle before a perfectly good goal crosses the line? Shouldn't they be able to say, hey ref made a mistake as it wasn't a foul and the ball had gone in. Why not?
Up until their goal and our disallowed goal we played with a lot of pace in our play. Obviously that isn't going to last 90 minutes but once you score and own 85% of the ball, either the game opens up or you control the match. If teams can just crowd the area and push goalkeepers over to get the ball over the line, you should do the same. You can't win by playing football, you have to do the exact same thing but I assure you if we did something like that the other way we would not get it. In fact this game is proof of exactly that. It's like the situation against Leicester a few years ago where Vardy fouled Rafael and dived into him and nobody talks about the injustice or the lack of coherency in refereeing decisions, it's all about shitting on United. I'm not buying it this time. I refuse to do so. The game should have been 1-0 by half time. In the words of the great Walt Jr.. This is bullshit!