Premier League Gameweek 3

[The Firestarter]

I dont mind if the result stays as it is.

 

[90 + 5min]

Red card all day. But previous situations where he didn’t give yellow makes this just a game where it shows how Liverpool will get everything this year. The refs can just make that clear with some statement so we don’t need to wonder.

 

[One Night Only]

I feel like James' movement was just natural, he was moving that way and the ball just hit his arm. Very harsh red.

What's weird is Taylor spent like 2 seconds at the VAR monitor.

Taylor is an absolutely shite ref, just does what he is told.

He had lost control of the game within the first 10 minutes and it was always gonna end up a shitshow because of it.

He was definitely a prefect in school. Twat.

 

[VP89]

He scooped it up with his right hand/arm even though it came off his thigh.

Scoop makes it sound more than what it was. He pushed his arm slightly out and it was clearly from panic instinct than trying to actively cheat. There's a difference and the referee was pretty daft to assume a player trying to knee the ball away at first, where the ball rolled up toward his arm, was somehow trying to simulate foul play.

It's a pen because of the panic swing but to give a player a red for such a situation ruins the game. It was extremely harsh, yellow at best.

 

[Eugenius]

I feel like James' movement was just natural, he was moving that way and the ball just hit his arm. Very harsh red.

What's weird is Taylor spent like 2 seconds at the VAR monitor.

It's not natural. It was a desperate, scooping motion. He's lucky the ball hit his knee first, the intention was to play it with his hand (clearly a reflex).

 

[alexthelion]

Salah pen
1-1

Not working

 

[Brwned]

Don't understand, the rule is apparently that if the ball comes from the foot onto the arm it's not a handball. James didn't extend his arm.

It was going over the line until he moved his arm forward. It’d be ridiculous if that wasn’t a penalty and a red

 

[cyberman]

Ref has fecked Chelsea here. Penalty yes, red card no. Will make for an interesting second half, though.

If it’s a pen then it’s an auto red. Can’t blame the ref there

 

[NieThePiet]

if he is giving the pen, he has to get a red, because he denied a goal.

 

[Yorkeontop]

Stupid rule.

 

[Tony247]

The way refree done the game, I can't believe it. Give a pen but a red for such debatable decision! Unbelievable. This is like single handedly deciding the match.

 

[Shane88]

I think they're trying to be a bit too quick with VAR now. Taylor looked at the screen for 1 second.

 

[fil1542]

I really don´t get that decision. I thought according to the rule change last year it isn´t a penalty when the ball deflects from another part of the body onto the arm.

The referee basically handed Liverpool the win here, what a shame.

 

[pratyush_utd]

Salah kicked the ball away but no card but Mendy booked for the same. Liverpool getting all the crucial decision

 

[E-mal]

Don't understand, the rule is apparently that if the ball comes from the foot onto the arm it's not a handball. James didn't extend his arm.

It was deliberate, he actively moved his hand.

 

[BarstoolProphet]

Only watched the last twenty but my word, is that Lukaku going missing again?

He did a couple of good things but then he completely fecks up with the final ball. Fun to se how annoyed Havertz, Mount and Lukaku are with eachother.

 

[Dudu]

Full PEN incident:

 

[Regulus Arcturus Black]

I don't know what you guys are watching. Some are even saying it wasn't a foul.
It deflects off his thingh but the ball was still going in. He moves his arm towards the ball to ensure he blocks it. Entirely deliberate.
Its a pen and a red card all day long.

My thoughts also.

 

[Ivor Ballokov]

Henderson basically being allowed to do what he likes by the officials again.

 

[autopilot]

Nothing out of the ordinary when it comes to Taylor and Chelsea. Pen and a yellow would've been the correct decision.

 

[SeanyC]

Harsh red card imo…rules in football are ridiculous now

 

[Ollie Derbyshire]

Big man Henderson

If your going to give someone a mouth full trying to play hard at least stop walking backwards while your doing it. Pointless.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

He moved his arm to block the ball. It’s handball.

But not a red. His arm was where it should be

 

[Drainy]

It was a red card, he moves his arm to scoop the ball out

its a natural movement. The ball hits his thigh and bounces up. Its a split second thing.

 

[Dobba]

That's the most Anfield penalty and red card in the history of football. VAR just deciding to not bother showing it deflect off the players leg first.

 

[RK]

The worst decision there was booking Mendy. feck off Henderson.

 

[kouroux]

Red card all day. But previous situations where he didn’t give yellow makes this just a game where it shows how Liverpool will get everything this year. The refs can just make that clear with some statement so we don’t need to wonder.

Extremely biased ref indeed. No cards for Salah, Matip and Fabinho

 

[TMDaines]

For it to be a pen it has to be intentional, and if it’s intentional then it stops a goal so it’s a red card.

Right decision according to the rules but I do think it’s harsh. There’s no way it’s intentional, only an idiot like Suarez does that.

It was completely intentional. He panicked. Ball hit has leg, bounced into arm and then he swung his arm through it to ensure it didn’t go in.

Very easy decision for a referee to make. The only people who think it is controversial don’t know the laws and directives, or think a man who throws his arm at a ball on the goal line somehow has done so accidentally.

 

[Irwin99]

Chelsea were the better team despite Liverpool not being bad themselves but the red card has probably ruined the game.

 

[TheMitz]

Definitely not a red, joke of a decision.

Also, why have all Liverpool players got a face you just want to slap?

 

[Hawks2008]

Salah kicked the ball away but no card but Mendy booked for the same. Liverpool getting all the crucial decision

Home ground refereeing.

 

[OldSchoolManc]

Cases for the referee is scouse…
No Fabinho card, never seen a referee squat down to check on a defender who is also squatting, looked at the replay for 1 second, etc etc

 

[Yorkeontop]

Why did Christensen head the ball out of Mendy's hands though?

It's another white guy who did that.

 

[pratyush_utd]

The ball hit his thigh and then his hand.. I don't think it's deliberate but can be classified as penalty but never a red. He didn't do it deliberately.

 

[Berbasbullet]

He definitely didn't look at it for long enough.

What was with that? He just saw a still image once and made his mind up.

 

[Sylar]

Ref didn't really watch the video did he? It looked like he saw a photo / still only

Regardless im surprised many are saying it's not a penalty and red
If James hand didn't swing and to push the ball it would not have been a red and a questionable penalty
However the swing of the hand that pushed the ball made the decision

 

[marktan]

It's not natural. It was a desperate, scooping motion. He's lucky the ball hit his knee first, the intention was to play it with his hand (clearly a reflex).

No, he brought his arm towards his body as he was kneeing it. The alternative is moving your arm outside, which you don't do because then it'll be penalty if it hits your arm. What else was he supposed to do with his arm? It was a penalty but he was instinctively trying to bring his arm closer to his body.

 

[WeePat]

Feck off Taylor you crowd playing fecking prick.

 

[fergieisold]

Rules have to be changed if that's a red card. Ridiculous

Yep, the red is very harsh.

What are the rules...I know it’s a red if there’s no attempt to play the ball. I suppose this falls under that.

 

[Dobba]

Big man Henderson

Peak "Let me at him" whilst nobody holds him back and he walks backwards away from him. Wilshire levels of Napoleon complex billy big bollocks.