Country: Scotland
Player:Gabriel
Played really well. Defended brilliantly as well when we went down to 10.
Only saw one comment from @Taylor Gang Gunners but this guy was quality again. Made some absolutely vital headers and so important to how we played in the first half.
Good on him! Wish he could have head butted Attwell though!
If Saka does similar emphasis on a foul in the box like Silva did, it's never a penalty, because he "emphasizes the foul too much". I have seen this happen like 3 times in the past year.I think people are starting to get carried away with the referee performance now. If you are honest:
- Citys was a penalty
- Gabriel deserved the red and needs to learn to keep his head
- Rodri on Martinelli was a strong challenge, but he did get the ball and slip, i'd still say its a foul but you can see why it wasn't given
- Arsenal players got booked in the second half because they lost their heads, City are clever with their tactical fouls, they are on the cusp of being a yellow but not quite, we made it obvious for the refs.
The only big error, albeit a big one, was the Ćdegaard penalty. He should have been sent to the screen. Having said that, i thought penalty at first, then on the replay, thought Ederson got the ball, then at half time, with more replays, thought he took Odegaards foot first.
If Saka does similar emphasis on a foul in the box like Silva did, it's never a penalty, because he "emphasizes the foul too much". I have seen this happen like 3 times in the past year.
If Xhaka does what Rodri did, it's a foul and a yellow. I have seen him do it once, just putting his feet to the ground in front of the other's leg, and the other guy hit the leg.
We don't know what Gabriel said, so can't know if the first yellow was deserved.
Ćdegaard situation is seen that Ederson tackles with his spikes first and doesn't hit the ball.
Not sure why you commented this on the White thread.
If Saka does similar emphasis on a foul in the box like Silva did, it's never a penalty, because he "emphasizes the foul too much". I have seen this happen like 3 times in the past year.
Wow, that's the only one, all the other ones have been ruled out because there has been a hit, but the referee thinks he emphasizes it.
Was I talking about Laca? Besides you should give me an example where the hit hasn't been big enough for penalty.- Lacazette draws fouls and has won penalties by emphasising fouls, he does it all the time.
- The Xhaka point, i don't disagree. Although he did get away with one at Norwich.
Stop. It was a penalty.Attwell saw it was a film, so why did he overrule it? It was clearly a film, so even with the minor fouls, it should not become a penalty, because the player tries to emphasize it too much. Silva's legs stopped working, and his behaviour got rewarded. EPL is becoming a film festival.
I'm just an honest fan. Our performance is getting overshadowed with ref talk. Result aside, that was a special performance that filled me with confidence for the future under Arteta and this team.@Heavy Duty Rom you done celebrating at bluemoon?
You can also stop, it should not have been a penalty, when the ref saw before VAR that he filmed, and in the slow motion you can also see that his legs go limp.Stop. It was a penalty.
And if you want to talk about emphasising, look at Lacazette vs West Ham.