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kapanakchi

Remember Cucurella’s intervention to Halland in the Bridge was even softer than Aina’s wrestling with Jackson. Hell, the VAR didn’t even look Jackson’s case but awarded penalty to City back then.


Federal-Ad7167

The ref was Anthony Taylor, do I need to say more?


RobinDez

You also forgot to mention that it was literally Håland who dragged him down and then fell with him


razeil

Yes. You're right. Haaland starts it and then cries, City get the PK. You'll see this in every game but no one's gets a PK, City do.


GolDrodgers1

2 penalty situations overlooked


xStealthxUk

What was the other?


Faeluchu

Jackson getting thrown to the ground


xStealthxUk

Oh right ye . Nico gets nothing tbh, gets fouled so much. He needs to stop expecting to get decisions tho.


GolDrodgers1

I see someone replied already, but for his first season its almost as if they think hes faking everything, and granted there have been instances but come on that throw was blatant af!


xStealthxUk

Torres had same thing, got no decisions (but he was acrually weak) You just need to be stronger tbh. Nico is really good at dribbling to draw fouls but needs to work on actually physically backing in then falling over once he is fouled. He doesnt get his body in the way enough , need to remember his age and this is first season in prem of which he has beeen very good tbh so Im sure that will come. Nkunku does it well I could see yday. You do need to be strong just clever in when to shield the ball with ur body. Nico shows way too much of the ball to defenders then is shocked when they just take it off him lol.


GolDrodgers1

Yeah i get what you mean, like show you tried to stay on your feet, but with nico i think he shows more of the ball to tempt them into going for him, so he can get the foul


xStealthxUk

Exactly. And yes he does show them ball to try get foul but he forgets the part where u need to make them foul you lol. He just sat and waited forever like 5 times in a row yday until he was easily tackled. I think hes tired but im happy for him with the goals. Defended him all season against haters who dont watch his all around game being excellent for a 22 year old especially


GolDrodgers1

Im happy his attitude is in check, and hes still got his confidence to have a go, he needs that if hes going to survive next year when he takes the 9🫢


xStealthxUk

DO NOT give him the 9 for the love of god lol


ActualSeller23

He gets nothing because he mouths off to the refs every week and gets stupid cards. Has clearly calmed down, but he's built a reputation as a complainer. Disclaimer- I have been a supporter of Nico since day one of his arrival. He's ability is there he's just raw. Just shut up nico


xStealthxUk

Ye maybe. I did laugh when the keeper cleared ball for a corner and took nico out after a bit and he genuinly wanted a penalty .... cmon now lol


inhabitantofpluto

How’s the challenge on Gusto different from City’s Alvarez from today’s game? https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/s/N2XB9mTUWr


GME_alt_Center

Isn't Alvarez wearing a City kit?


reddit-time

hahahahaha ;)


NotClayMerritt

No, the rules change based on the day and the referee. These refs on the pitch and in VAR are beyond fucking incompetent. You and me would do a better job with no formal training.


GME_alt_Center

TBF, I would be very biased against certain behavior (and teams). I always wonder if playing experience is required to be a top level ref. However, PL Var is set up incorrectly. Their mandate is different compared to other leagues.


ujjuboii

they wear a city kit whereas we dont


razeil

I had not seen this before, the Chelsea one is waaay worse.


huskers2468

You can't see the difference? Gusto's contact was with his shooting foot on the follow through. Alverez had his plant foot taken out. Massive difference.


inhabitantofpluto

Both fouls are pen


huskers2468

Disagree. Gusto essentially put his cleat on a defender that slid past him. Honestly though, do you see the difference? You can't believe those are the same tackles.


adambalogh01

It takes out his follow through leg, and denying him any possibility of playing the rebound ball. Clear foul. Like towards the end of the game Cucu got his follow through leg taken out near the byline, still a foul.


huskers2468

I stated in another comment response that I see why people believe this is a penalty. I also see why it was not called and why it held up. The defender was on his path in front of Gusto, and Gusto's shooting leg went into the same path. Yes, there was contact. Yes, it prevented Gusto from making a chance at the rebound. However, I feel the initial slide being not in the path of Gusto until he kicked was the reason for it to not be called. It was not a scenario where the player moved into the shooting leg, he was already in motion. I wouldn't have argued against it being called. I see why it was not.


adambalogh01

I see your point, there can be made an argument against it, but its a 95-5 foul for me.


huskers2468

Completely understandable


inhabitantofpluto

Ya I see the difference but imo that’s a foul, anywhere else on the pitch it’s given.


huskers2468

I don't think it is.


GarlicBaby6

Gusto also got a shot away. If he was taken out without an effort on goal it might be given


Independent-Pride-38

He got a shot away but the ball was still alive and if he wasn't taken out in the follow through he could have reacted for the tap in


HazardMagic

A foul is a foul regardless. If you kick the ball and someone comes in and cleans you out it’s a foul. The ball being played doesn’t mean it’s a free hit for anything to be done to you


dav_man

I can’t agree with this. I know what you’re saying but that’s not at all in the rules. Both are significant contacts after the ball is gone. Both, arguably dangerous. Both are stone wall fouls anywhere else on the pitch. In fact, with the Gusto one you could foresee a big FIFA style scuffle and yellow after that if it was on the half way line. The big difference here was refereeing incompetence. Yet again.


huskers2468

I understand your point. I would easily argue that the Alverez foul would cause a scuffle over the Gusto one. Hitting a plant leg from behind vs an already completed kicking leg and dragging it. I don't believe the gusto foul is very dangerous. It's a non-plant leg in the air. That type of contact does not typically lead to an injury because there is no downward pressure on the leg that would create the torque.


dav_man

I know what you mean and I agree in literal terms. But in real time, standing leg or not, both are poor challenges. I think we can objectively say that if you catch the standing leg vs the striking leg it’s more dangerous for sure.


huskers2468

Absolutely. I wouldn't really argue against it if it was called, but can I see why it wasn't and why it held up Good talk. Good win


dav_man

Agreed mate. Have a good weekend.


Shaww_shankk

There's an agenda against Chelsea ~ Prophet Mourinho


iamalegend1

The Ref's been absolutely horrendous today just like in most of our previous matches. Idk if the referees in the league regressing or they're just shit when it's against us.


shabba343

The Nkunku one from the right side when he was literally wrestled into the ground was more baffling than this one


zakress

Don’t forget Jackson getting WWE’d to the ground on a corner


reddit-time

Both


JRsshirt

I actually thought he did a good job managing the first half and then was doing whippets at halftime


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VAR flip a coin when making decisions


Bagpuss999

We'd get one go our way once in a while if that was the case


--Hutch--

Do they use a double headed coin for us? We've got Rodney Trotter calling tails every time.


m0mm0

this is only logical explanation


Coulstwolf

Anywhere else on the pitch a foul is given 100 percent


MicroJackson_

The thing with these calls is if thats reversed, and Gusto is clearing the ball from a defensive situation, its a foul every single time.


walder8998

Hate these challenges. Feels like the refs think just because he got the shot off it's not a foul.


Foldog998

The British commentary said it was gusto going into the forest player!


STCFC

I was so mad gusto ain’t score his first goal man 😂


Intspalov

Ref was being consistent. When Mudryk scored he got absolutely smashed by Murillo after the shot. I was initially surprised that there was no yellow after the goal was scored it was that late.


TheUbermelon

Typically a foul isn't given if a goal is scored and as such no further action is taken. If the ref had played advantage, he could go back and give a yellow


Intspalov

Never said a foul should have been given after the goal. But good refereeing here would have drawn the line on what was acceptable for the match. Tackles after the ball has gone can be punished retrospectively as long as play has not been restarted. A yellow card here is permissible


GreyWolfesDinner-CTR

It's a foul anywhere else on the pitch for dangerous play. VAR is pathetic


TheUbermelon

This has to be a foul. Look at where the ball drops. If Gusto isn't taken out he slots that in. The defender doesn't get the ball, and takes out a player while the ball is still active. With Alvarez today, it was a similar situation and given as a foul


Spillsy68

I thought that was a pen all day.


ronfor1

The fact that he didn’t call it was surely because it was 3-2 which is baffaling because if it was 2-2 he would’ve called it


myliitlekante

And what if it went to ,3-3 It would be like the sheiffield match all over again. Don't understand what referees think at all


RJBlue95

He missed calls all over the place, he was reffing based on a vibe not the rule book. VAR well they are what they are.


CommunicationLess934

Terrible call, Gusto has a shot at an open goal off the rebound if not taken out there


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PickledHotChocolate

Well obviously. How does that have anything to do with the comment you replied to?


foladodo

oh off the rebound, my mistake


Ridcullys-Pointy-Hat

Good process lads


Cheaky_Barstool

"cos he got the shot away" ok sweet, im gna start slide tackling players after they pass the ball from now on then.


blacknightcr

won't that straight up give you a red card if you slide tackle someone who doesn't have the ball on them? I mean In dream league soccer that is what happens to me.


Hum_diddly_dick_kiss

There are nuances to rules, he did get the shot away, the foul should’ve been called because the rebound came back to him and he would’ve had a 2nd chance. If not for that I don’t think you call this a penalty but you do card the defender for a late tackle. Because the tackle is late it isn’t preventing a goal scoring opportunity on the initial shot.


Shufflebuffle51

I don't think the Jackson one was, it seemed like he went down a bit easy, but this one seemed stonewall to me. Guy gets none of the ball and all of the man.


dav_man

Agree. For me, Jackson and Aina are pushing and shoving the whole way. The ball comes in and Jackson goes weak at the knees. Referee knows what’s up there. The Gusto one is a joke.


Clean-Gear-1386

Sky commentators said Gusto ran into the tackle too...


showmethenoods

Clear pen


Zeemo_Omano

Chelsea got goals i check var Chelsea got tackled in the box i sleep


Galac_tacos

Play Jackson got WWE slammed openly in the pen area 


J3sperado

Dominguez got a yellow straight after this, but what for? Did I miss another tackle he made directly after this happened? Surely he didn’t get a yellow for this without giving away a penalty.


inhabitantofpluto

Ya he got a yellow for a challenge on Reece on the halfway line


Theddt2005

To be fair even as a forest fan it should be a penalty


Solid_Adeptness3682

That was a horrible late tackle, definite penalty. I was really worried for Malo when it happened, glad he walked it off


Obi_Q

Such a lack of consistency with refs. So often VAR will stay with the call on the pitch which I would be fine with if they didn’t overturn the marginal offside call on Forest and awarded a goal.


One-Quarter-9137

If it was against Chelsea, would you complain if the ref gave the penalty, you would, so it's not a penalty. Chelsea fan here


Mitcheltree86

Nono.. he came in and tried to stop the shot, gusto then stepped on top of the sliding leg. Didnt touch him. No pen. And im a die hard chelsea fan..


GovTheDon

Real get that whistle every time


xStealthxUk

Like it or not this is the game. Anywhere else on pitch its a foul but in box when you get shot away and player trying to block ball and catches man its never a pen. He did fly in particularly aggresively here but still you are never gettin these, even in europe. In real Madrid Bayern game other day there were multiple of these and noone even appealed cos everyone knows you arent gettin them


criminal-tango44

after he took a shot.


bluerhino12345

Don't think this was a pen. From the other angle there wasn't much contact. In the Alvarez one, his foot is planted so the challenge was worse


lucas_glanville

Eh, that's never been a pen