As blatant a penalty can get. To think people are even arguing against it 
Premier League Gameweek 26 (3rd - 5th February 2018)
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Well, not really the perfect weekend, as that would have involved City getting beat, rather than drawing.
Hope Watford don't roll over today. They've been shite for months but Chelsea look vulnerable.
Vicarage Road better be rocking.
Vicarage Road better be rocking.
He gets a lot of stick here. Most of it is underserved.
Which one are you referring to?As blatant a penalty can get. To think people are even arguing against it
Great game yesterday and I think a draw is a fair result based on the balance of play. I don't believe the first pen was the right call as Kane was offside and the Lovren touch was clearly not intentionally played back to the keeper. Weather that was enough of a touch to have played him onside is a matter of opinion. My biggest concern was the ref asking the fourth official if he saw anything on the T.V. I didn't think that was allowed. The second pen I don't know really. It looked more like Lamela jumping in front of VVD and falling over (I'm not saying there was no contact). Although in saying that, if it had happened down the other end I would be screaming for it. Wanted a win expected the draw so not overly disappointed.
Think it's obvious based on last few pages which one I'm referring to.
Earlier one was clear dive. Kane and ali should both be banned.
Ali can't be banned as he was dealt with a booking. He would only get banned if a penalty was awarded. Think most of us were hoping he would get sent off for something, but he was actually quite subdued for him.
Sorry mate I read a few pages then skipped towards the end and read some more
Cracking game, 2 brilliant goals, perfect result for us and it was definitely a pen on Lamela. Poor defending for Van Dijk to lose the header from the throw in and then swing a leg in a crowded box.
Question.
Is the Ref allowed to ask the fourth official if he saw anything on the T.V?
Is the Ref allowed to ask the fourth official if he saw anything on the T.V?
Both decisions were correct.
Tbh even though he asked, he said he will give penalty even before finishing that sentence.
The first one is debatable. How he got to the first decision is most definitely wrong
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I know he did which kind of makes it worse. First I didn't think he was allowed to use T.V footage. I know he didn't wait but the fact that he even asked the question was wrong. Secondly if he didn't wait for the T.V confirmation then why did he give the pen when both officials are clearly heard saying neither of them are sure if Lovren touched the ball or not. The fact that he did is irrelevant. If the ref doesn't know he shouldn't give it.
@roonster09 but the linesman told him it was offside unless Lovren touched the ball the ref said he didn't know so should have given the offside. The thing is I don't really care to much about the pen as it was saved and nothing came of it. I'm more interested in the fact he asked about T.V footage regardless of whether he actually used it or not.
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Ref already gave the penalty decision, so he needed conclusive decision from linesman to overturn it, at least that's how I viewed it.
ok then, almost perfect weekend.
Ahh that is much more like it!
It would have been excellent if Burnley could have added to their goal, but alas it was not to be, but still a draw just closes the gap a little bit more, and puts the pressure on them that bit more.
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Starting with two RWBs. Interesting strategy.
Can see Watford maybe getting something here tonight.
Should have given Hudson-Odoi a run IMO.
Can't see it happening under Conte. Should get 20 mins though.
They're always well up for playing us. WE need a decent start.
What's happened with Morata? Injured?
Didn't Cahill just have a terrible game against Bournemouth? Dropping Rudiger for him is a bit of a surprise.
Is this a convenient injury to give Morata a break or is he really struggling?
Feck off Sky. Trying to compare to the United squad of 08/09. Liverpool's squad isn't even close to United's.
Giroud will inevitably score the winner for Chelsea tonight.
where is barkely
To be fair they were only comparing the front three.
Did his hammy in training.
injured aswell
Is Alonso injured?
It's pointless though. Not to belittle the liverpool front three this season, It's a different all round game to compare to.
oh well, they have a tough fixture list upcoming
Carragher speaking sense on the penalty incidents from yesterday.
It is pointless yeah, they only did it to see Rooney's reaction.
85th minute header
Read that one of his best friends died recently. Could be he's not taking that too well, plus trying to recover from his injury.