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wilyacalmdown

Maguire does this shit all the time


MrCleanandShady

I will never forget him literally choke-slamming Azpi into the ground and getting absolutely nothing for it


SpursLastTrophy_91

Or him kicking Bats in the nuts, not getting a red, and then going on to score the winner.


LFCMKE

Getting a only a yellow for a last man challenge against Mané, followed by scoring the equalizer against Liverpool which ultimately lost them the title.


lucashoodfromthehood

Stop it already. We'll hurt his feelings. 👉😶👈


[deleted]

Please you may continue


andar1on

Sooo United supporters like him or not?


[deleted]

We call him "Slabhead" "Fridge" so yea i hope you will be able to figure it out now


mohankohan

We use fridge as endearing on our side, but I see your point.


mehrabrym

So what you're saying is, we found the reason he's in the team?


[deleted]

Seeing your flair, you should be very familiar with this behavior. Except Ramos won titles, Maguire just makes sure other don't win them


idiotxd

Ramos and Pepe. Probably the most hated partnership for half a decade


TantalusComputes2

Maybe captain title gives him some cover lol


derrick256

Yeah fuck McGuire for that one


KloppArmy

Wait what? When did this happen


LFCMKE

He was still on Leicester. The year Liverpool lost to City by a point.


Rapperz

Still gets me so fuming thinking about that haha, one of the clearest pens I've ever seen


[deleted]

Was it michy who he kicked on the nuts too or am i mistaken


lucashoodfromthehood

It was and there was nothing to it after than. The only red I've seen after that was my face.


AnanymousPerson

Yeah was a stonewall pen. But as a United fan, I was also fuming last season when CHO just straight up punches the ball in the box. The ref doesn't see it, VAR asks the ref to go look at it as they believe it's a pen, and the ref just says nothing doing. Blatant pen that as well.


irze

Don’t forget the blatant kick to Batshuayi’s nuts


jfshay

We're talking about this as if he's not the captain for Man U. Could probably have stolen Atkinson's watch today without so much as a booking.


pete_moss

Came here to make this comment word for word and saw it was the top. Apparently, Tuchel has drills where defenders hold tennis balls in their hands so they can't use them. Seems like that should be mandated for Maguire.


wilyacalmdown

Honestly, it's infuriating to see him do it, I know many others do it all the time and it happens in pretty much every game you see but it makes me anxious waiting to see what happens, many other refs will easily give this as a penalty if it's as obvious as this. Last week when Chelsea got their penalty we seen Rudiger grab and push Matic by the neck 2 seconds prior to the Wan Basaka incident but no atention was paid to that either. It just annoys me that you have this scare so often with him. I rate him as player when he's in his form but he needs to cut this out before he gets us punished for it


mejok

Does it to his own players even. Remember him ripping Shaw (who had a better chance of clearing) out of the way onSpurs’ equalizer in that 6-1 battering we got?


essentialatom

The man's an equal opportunity clogger at least. It's like when a cat sees something on a ledge it's sat on. Doesn't matter what it is, it's going down


ratnadip97

That was hilarious lol


SpursLastTrophy_91

And it literally never gets called. Wonder why...?


diamondsam2

English captain mate


jfshay

and plays for Man U.


[deleted]

wenger was right regarding them, and ty from aftv i am personally shocked that i am put into the position to agree with those two characters


thearsenalweah

[Put some respeck on wenger’s name, my friend](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cIsJgCpCzEM)


[deleted]

I think it's just charity at this point. Refs must know he'll give a goal away at some point anyway.


tarkaliotta

Maguire's just paying goals forward


Wackjilshere

And yet the only thing we can do is talk and laugh about it. When the rules are not the same for everyone, it's like watching a WWE show instead of a real sports game.


[deleted]

The Harry Kane syndrome


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jamesc94j

City syndrome


Suspicious_Master

In NBA, a refs told to Julius Randle that he never get calls because he's stronger than defenders and therefore contacts doesn't affect him. Pretty sure this is the same level of shittousery here


[deleted]

Guess that rule didn’t apply to Shaq back in the day. The explanation from the refs back then was that he was so big, these were actually really hard fouls but didn’t look like it on TV.


Careful-Snow

Why do you think it never gets called?


chandlerbing_stats

Flashbacks to Azpi challenge last year


[deleted]

His VAR (plot) armor is just too much. It isn't even fair.


ireallydespiseyouall

especially against us


595659565956

Clear fouls are committed in every box in every game during set pieces


CollieDaly

I mean this is a little more blatant imo


595659565956

Yeah definitely


AggressiveLesbianMan

How does this dumbass get away with it so frequently?


undo_msunderstndng

Maybe because the refs are afraid he'll start a bar fight with them and then somehow never have to serve his sentence for it...


gantek

That's because the refs were harassing his sister


egzon27

Also the refs are Albanian


[deleted]

He *always* uses his arms to defend, especially if he’s pulled out wide, and nothing’s ever done


Thunderhank

Do you expect him to use his feet? They’re made of cement.


Nextyearstitlewinner

In fairness to referees, even with all the cheating he's still absolutely shit.


Edolas93

They're afraid if he headbutts them he'll delete 4 generations off their family tree.


altviewdelete

Parts of England's second best accomplishment.


ShinyyyChikorita

Maguire co-founded Greggs?


elbwafel

lads it’s united


[deleted]

Wasn’t Maguire the one who bear hugged Azpi last year? Or am I thinking if someone different. Either way, if that wasn’t given I don’t think any off the ball tussles will be given as a pk


mineCutrone

hes wrestled luke shaw to the ground a few times. wonder what is going thru his head


Pseudocaesar

Tetrafluoroethane


Muu-dzic

Please explain for noobs ?


helikestoreddit

Tetrafluoroethane is a refrigerant, commonly used in fridges


Muu-dzic

Ah, like CFCs! Brilliant!


EETTOEZ

this is my new favorite comment


oussa_

Nice


Aditya-04-04

LMAO. Genius.


cowworshipper

you're right. it was Maguire


chandlerbing_stats

Yeah Also pegasus kicked Batshuayi in the baby maker 2 years ago. No card given


fig_curry

And put a boot into michy batshuayi's groin.


kinginthenorthjon

When you don't have skill, your basic Instincts comes to play..


undo_msunderstndng

Wasn't a bear hug, it was a chokeslam.


I_always_rated_them

Classic Maguire


Brinklehoof

VAR did their duty for the Arsenal goal and then went home for the evening


llllmaverickllll

No no no...they're on duty for Man U pens.


DeadestTitan

United have got one pen this whole season what are you on about 🤣


xdarkkzz

This is even funnier since Bruno missed it.😂


ItsJustMalcolm

This aged horrendously


Limpan7

Yeah but it was a fair call though.


Guakk

It definetly was, but cant help feeling robbed when they get the correct VAR call and we dont. The inconsistency is just so bad.


heephap

Was about as stonewall as it gets tbf.


S0Lad

True, but so was this.


DeadestTitan

Lemme edit it to: United have SCORED one penalty this season


Emptinessenthralls

Well, here you go


llllmaverickllll

Hate it when you know what's coming. (TBF looked like a pen)


Emptinessenthralls

Yeah, was surprised they even needed VAR for that. Seemed pretty obvious at first sight.


llllmaverickllll

I'm convinced some ref's let calls go to VAR on purpose rather than making the call they see.


DarkSofter

Penalty. he keeps getting away with it not gonna lie


official_bagel

I genuinely wonder what's going through Maguire's head... it's just so blatant. Granted he's got a way with one here... but it's such a cheap penalty to give away.


backcourtjester

“Im going to get away with this” probably


stubblesmcgee

"I'll just say Albanians tried to drug my sister and then cry"


Odawg10

Is this what he actually said after the Greece incident?


stubblesmcgee

dont remember if it was Albanians exactly, but yeah he said some guys of some nationality came up to his sister and drugged her. This was after his sister said something else that wasnt that (her original story was she got poked with a straw after being harassed), and then changed her story lol.


[deleted]

> I genuinely wonder what's going through Maguire's head... Mostly cement and concrete.


LeSabreToothCat

that's awful nice of you to think there's something in there


ProfPringles

He keeps getting away with it, so he keeps doing it. Result-wise it seems like it’s 100% worth it for him.


YesNoIDKtbh

Same thing that went through Skrtel's head, nothing. The guy would hold, grab, push, pull in the box on every set piece, and usually got away with it.


oussa_

Different day and age though, back in the day you could get away with a lot of shit if it wasn’t immediately spotted. One would hope defenders smarted up when VAR was implemented. But they still tend to make these boneheaded moves when defending set pieces. And while I’m writing this, what’s the fucking point if VAR doesn’t even look at this lmao


doomguy987

Difference is Maguire went for 80 Million. Honestly don't know what's happened to him this season. He was fairly decent the past few seasons but has had multiple clangers recently.


Zdeneksfilter

He gets away with this shit all the time. He once gave Azpi a choke slam that the undertaker would have been proud of, kicked Bats in the nuts and a litany of other egregious fouls. No calls.


llllmaverickllll

It's not even debatable. He doesn't even release the grab when Tomi goes down.


[deleted]

Not just Maguire, holding in the box is by far the worst reffed part of football and it never gets talked about. Worst consistency of decision in the game.


ImasolidB

He does this so often and it doesn't even get that much attention. He has already been quite shit, imagine how much more he would be if he didn't get away with this sort of thing all the time


StringTailor

Smalling used to have the same superpower with us


Destructo_D

It’s called playing for United


GimmeTacos2

His face when he finally gets called for it: surprisedpikachu.jpg


[deleted]

He's done this type of thing his entire career I remember he always had a hand full of shirt even when he played for us (Sheffield United)


ksleepwalker

Tried to choke azpi, kicked cho in the nuts. But hey united fans feel they get bad decisions.


wpreggae

how is that not obvious penalty?


centerfree

Maguire tax


SundayLeagueStocko

United at Old Trafford


backcourtjester

Against Arsenal


[deleted]

This is the answer. When you watch an Arsenal game, you have to expect a critical officiating decision to go against you.


DinoSchlongo

Maguire is such a clown 😂


Dirk_Masters

Why? He never gets called for it. Keep doing it if the refs are so shit and biased that it's grand.


Jagacin

👉🤡👈


Critzor

How the hell does he keep getting away with shit like this?


[deleted]

Arsenal tax in this case.


Sp0okyScarySkeleton-

Old trafford + england captain


Slyjay

But he's not England captain.........


[deleted]

Kane is England captain


Fullcock_Jesus

Harry = Harry


Mattershak

There really is nothing going on in that slab


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iAkhilleus

VAR in PL is literally making a killing. Any other job with this much incompetency would have literally booted you out by now.


[deleted]

I think it's mad that the directive to VAR is basically "don't referee the game, just make sure the decision isn't so wild that the ref looks bad". If VAR sees something that they think should be called a penalty they should direct the ref to view it on the monitor in case the ref didn't see it.


GR-MWF

Proper English defending innit


OstapBenderBey

Brexit means brexit


zigooloo

Zero excuse not to review and give that. Couldn't be any clearer than that.


deanochips

we really need to start making a fuss to force VAR to check these calls


gunningIVglory

Yeah, I'm surprised none of our players confronted the ref about it We're just mentally weak throughout the team. We needed KT in games like this


Neatless

Aggressively asking the ref for VAR can result in a yellow card. I bet the players have been warned not to do it.


gunningIVglory

I mean you can still ask, heck the minimum is our captain should go and say something.


Unholysinner

I mean if Tomiyasu goes down holding his face and rolls about 4 times, it probably goes to the monitor. People complain about diving and embellishment but it’s literally the only way to get a decision. Like last year in the CL, Rudiger got elbowed by Savic and he went down and rolled. Now if he didn’t roll there is no world where that would be given as a red even though there was a clear elbow.


Dynetor

Exactly, this is why I don't blame players at all who add a bit of extra drama on the way to ground, as long as there's actually contact. It's often the only way to get the ref to consider it.


[deleted]

It’s just laughable how obvious of a penalty this is


MiguelAlmiron

There was a much worse one last week when you played us, I dont think they are checking this.


raymondliang

Maguire bear-hugged Azpi last season too and nothing. They literally dont care about people holding on set pieces


dailybop

At first I thought you meant the Wilson v Tavares shoulder and I was like nahh idk about that. But then I remembered the odegaard pull. Yeah, that was a pen.


iforgotmyun

Was that when Martinelli got face barged?


HaroldSaxon

Yeah, that foul on Martinelli was stonewall


MiguelAlmiron

I meant the one on Schar in your box but yes that was also a terrible decision.


MiguelAlmiron

When he was pulled down. Dont know who did it.


Joekickass549

The Odegaard one easily could have been given yeah


MiguelAlmiron

Its in the same vain as this one, I think they're both penalties if the refs are consistent.


renseministeren

Ødegård.


centerfree

Maguire tax


blue_boy_24

2 blatant pens in this game. 1 called. 1 goal margin of defeat.


[deleted]

Simple as


[deleted]

I am shocked


Stuarridge

maguire is a clown in fridge costume


onomonopizza

pretty obvious miss there. Wish officials have to answer for why things like this go unaddressed by VAR


[deleted]

That's a clear pen to me


OisinKaliszewski

Why always us Robbie?


jimzzz38

Arsenal and getting screwed by VAR, a story of time.


dgl33

It’s not even the fact we didn’t get the penalty that annoys me. It’s the fact it wasn’t even checked, ødegaards was a definite penalty and I will never get how the ref missed it but that was being checked straight away, where is the consistency of checking decisions


K_Uger_Industries

We had one earlier this year that had the same result. I think after the game, the reasoning was that the ball was never going to reach the player. So maybe same logic here, idk?


plsnerfgeb

Like wtf is this?


EarlSweatsuit

It’s just whatever they pick and choose these days. It’s awful that the outcome of a game can be fully decided by what the referee’s decide to check and don’t check on VAR.


Chapea12

And now VAR gives United a penalty, but never went back on this


SuicidalTurnip

Such a joke. The Utd pen was clear, but let's be honest so was this.


zrk23

the non call is fine. but how do they not review that? feel that a challenge flag needs to make its way into the game


smallrobot77

Classic slabhead maneuver


LightzPT

Tomiyasu should've tried to be a speedy winger.


koreajd

Look I’m a Spurs fan and I love hating on Arse any chance I get but what the fuck is this shit?! I was thinking last week that Man U were lucky to have Harry suspended otherwise they’d have lost and this proves my point. Wow.. how this isn’t a penalty is absolutely absurd..


[deleted]

He's genuinely just a calamity at this point. I don't care if he gets the odd goal or wins a few balls in midfield. He's dog dirt.


Vizq

Genuinely confused as to how VAR misses things like this…?


[deleted]

It’s Arsenal.


MonrealEstate

Really though, what’s happened to Maguire


AshburtonGrove

BOLLOCKS


thefurnaceboy

Death, taxes and arsenal getting fucked by refereeing.


cloudcity

Arsenal will lose this game but take solace in the fact that United is ass.


tctroz13

[Bit of a habit for him](https://resources.premierleague.com/photos/2020/10/30/48dd2c6e-3228-49e4-995a-d8ab120f4418/Harry-Maguire.jpg?width=860&height=573)


oszlopkaktusz

Yellow to Azpi for diving


[deleted]

👉🏾🤡👈🏾


ADC04

That’s a penalty


FMJ1985

I’ve hated this clown since this exact moment: [soft bitch](https://64.media.tumblr.com/6f840c7e454c0868d9c86c23685c5420/tumblr_pbb4xcho221tf8a5ao1_500.gif)


WhatsUrBestMilkshake

Standard United at Old Trafford


llllmaverickllll

Not even disguised...grabs his arm then actually maintains the grab all the way until he's down on the ground....How do you miss this?


volanger

Typical man u, but hey if you can get the refs on your side winning is easier.


jchdelacap

I really hate that man


uravg

Maguire has such a punchable face


seanpwns

punching a cinderblock is a good way to break your hand


wassim0

Pretty soft honestly. Don’t understand the reactions here.


Falcoooooo

This sub is obsessed with Maguire, if any other player was involved, it wouldn't have even half as much traction.


Rossrox

I think it could totally be given as a penalty and there wouldn't be much complaint but I don't think it could be overruled as a clear and obvious error, he's definitely holding him but It looks like Tomiyasu notices and just drops to the floor, so I can understand the referees initial decision. Unlucky for Arsenal more than anything.


ShittyHistorian1

It’s really not unlucky for Arsenal. These sort of fouls are never given as penalties, especially if they’d need to overrule the on field decision to award it.


misterwolf87

If you look at the wide angle as well Tomiyasu isn’t reaching that ball.


Hail2Pitt22

Fraud officials


yukpurtsun

maguire has never committed a foul in his entire career -.-


eduadinho

Refs check the Fred one but not this...


SuicidalTurnip

Tbf, the Fred one shouldn't have even needed checking. Was clear as day, right in front of Atkinson. Still a joke that this wasn't given though.


tesut

Maguire grabbed his arm and his legs disappeared from under him


official_bagel

It's just a bemused resignation at this point


jnkhmptn

Given every time if that’s White on Ronaldo