Penalties - the latest misrepresentation
Sky showing a table called 'PL penalties awarded since JK became Liverpool manager'
1st Leicester(45) 2nd Man City(43) 3rd Man Utd(41) 4th Crystal Palace(36) 5th Liverpool(30)
Zero context, just the counts which suits the agenda.
Here is the type of thing that should accompany those counts:
Man Utd: Awarded 33 penalties since the start of last season in all competitions.
20 of those are debatable (Richard Keys)
Many of those penalties decisive in determining match results
Utd are allowed retake penalties until they score
Liverpool: A snippet from an article I read:
'...One thing undermining Klopp's argument is the effect of penalties on this season's league table.
His reigning champions lead the way again, ahead of United on goal difference having played a game more, but have been major beneficiaries of spot-kick decisions. If goals scored from penalties were removed, Liverpool would fall to sixth place –
five points worse off.
They beat Leeds 4-3 with the help of two Mohamed Salah spot-kicks and West Ham 2-1 with another, though Pascal Gross' late penalty denied them victory over Brighton. Salah's goals in the 1-1 draws at Manchester City and Fulham also came from the spot.
City would actually
jump to the top of that hypothetical table, with United remaining second but
losing three points. The Reds would also fall behind Tottenham, Southampton and Leicester, despite the latter having scored eight penalties this season from a remarkable 10 attempts...'
Context is everything.