Spurge wrote:nottsblue wrote:london blue 2 wrote:Three clear pens I am fucking fuming. This has become too much.
Only one for me. The first two were debateable and if we'd conceded them I'd be disappointed, Sterling was just outmuscled. But the third, well, there won't be a more blatant, clear cut penalty in the next decade
Having looked at them again I have to say all 3 on sterling are pens.
In the first half Wanyama is wrong side of Sterling and he can only stop him by grabbing hold of him, he's never going to get the ball, he's a dirty fucker and is leaning into sterling in order to off balance him and is also grabbing at him. He's clever I'll give him that because sterling has to try and lever him off in order to wriggle free and he uses that to try and make it look like he's off balance. The key things are however are that sterling has control of the ball wanyama doesn't and is wrong side.
The challenge by Rose, initially I thought was a good challenge and he's won the ball. But closer scrutiny shows that the only reason Rose is able to make that challenge is because he has already made contact with Sterling who is then off balance as a consequence, without this initial contact on Sterling, Rose cant get to the ball.
The third one with Walker requires no further comment.
First one, still not sure, definitely debatable.
The second one, I've seen criticism of Sterling for not shooting before Rose challenges him but it's similar to the Walker incident in that Rose pulls at his shoulder first putting him off balance, if Sterling tries to shoot there it's likely another tame effort, Rose then goes through the back of Sterling's leg before hooking the ball away. Definite penalty.
That said, you can forgive the officials not spotting it, the same can't be said of the Walker push though, yet another blatant, awful decision that's gone against us this season.