Original Dub wrote:Bridge'srightfoot wrote:It's very hard to tell, even with the benefit of a replay whether Aguero would have reached that ball, it was by no means a guarantee and it's therefore hard to categorize it as a 'clear goalscoring opportunity'.
Yellow card and a penalty for me.
That's ridiculous.
It doesn't have to be a "guarantee" that he would have reached the ball, as that would be impossible of course - in every case in fact.. He had a clear OPPORTUNITY to reach the ball and score and was denied that.
Simple.
I can see why some see it as a red and it would go in the category of 'seen them given' but to me it's not quite.
I think it does matter that there is no guarantee Aguero will reach the ball, for arguments sake if the ball through had already gone out of play before or as Aguero was tripped it wouldn't have merited a red card, there has to be a balance somewhere.
I've looked at the replay a few times now and to me, and feel free to disagree by all means, it looks like the ball would have just gotten away from Sergio. He may have reached it, I don't know but imo to warrant a red, it should at least be more than likely to the ref that he would reach it and it wasn't.
I realize there's a decent chance you'll give a one or two word put down post, but whilst I can see why some think it's a red, it's not quite ad black and white ad they're suggesting.