***Champions v Fulham Official Match Thread***

[Dameerto]

Booing the ref, love to see it.

[carl_feedthegoat]

is bernie trying to get sent off??

He did have a point though didn’t he - Fulham dirty cunts but we need to keep our tempers in check or we will be down to 9.

[johnny crossan]

So relieved I'm not the OP

[john@staustell]

What a mess. At least the guys look wound right up

[CTID Hants]

is bernie trying to get sent off??

They've been targetting him fornthe last 20 mins or so

[Beefymcfc]

The ref has been told.

[sheblue]

Get the two boys on.

[FA cup winners 2006]

is bernie trying to get sent off??

He is trying to get the crowd on the refs back. He is 100% right. The ref needs constant pressure.

[Indianablue]

is bernie trying to get sent off??

Reacting badly to being fouled consistently. Needs to calm down but this ref is letting Fulham foul at every opportunity, yet we have a red card and yellow now for dissent. Rapudly coming to the conclusion Greish is a show pony who is probably worse than Mahrez. I'll show my arse if Grealish scores 3 more goals this season

[Indianablue]

is bernie trying to get sent off??

Reacting badly to being fouled consistently. Needs to calm down but this ref is letting Fulham foul at every opportunity, yet we have a red card and yellow now for dissent. Rapudly coming to the conclusion Greish is a show pony who is probably worse than Mahrez. I'll show my arse if Grealish scores 3 more goals this season

[Blue Jam]

Shoulder to shoulder, was the red for a supposed stamp?

It's never shoulder to shoulder, he barges him in the back. Definite penalty, definite red card.

You clearly need to look at it again.
https://twitter.com/EPL057/status/15889 ... gr%5Etweet

Genuinely not sure from that angle.

[dazby]

Worried about this one. Hopefully Jack can step up and show a bit of magic.

[zuricity]

Shoulder to shoulder, was the red for a supposed stamp?

It's never shoulder to shoulder, he barges him in the back. Definite penalty, definite red card.

You clearly need to look at it again.
https://twitter.com/EPL057/status/15889 ... gr%5Etweet

Genuinely not sure from that angle.

it is a foul , from the reverse angle you see him shoulder the player in the back.

Not needed, better to let him go and keep eleven on the pitch , even if it became 1-1 .

[ayrshireblue]

Fuck off, but when did ever happen with the rags and murderers?
And why there it was a double offense? Penalty and red?

Honestly, either read the previous responses to that stupid question or read the laws of the game. He made no attempt at a tackle so the law says it is a red card for denying a clear goalscoring opportunity. If he had made a tackle and got it wrong it would only have been a penalty and possibly a yellow for the foul.

[Dameerto]

Shoulder to shoulder, was the red for a supposed stamp?

It's never shoulder to shoulder, he barges him in the back. Definite penalty, definite red card.

You clearly need to look at it again.
https://twitter.com/EPL057/status/15889 ... gr%5Etweet

Genuinely not sure from that angle.

The linesman doesn't react, and the ref is a country mile behind the action - no idea how he can decide so conclusively (and there's no way in my opinion he saw a 'stamp').

[dick dastardley]

Grealish has done nothing in the first half give him ten to get into the game then take him off if he's as bad as first half.

[Beefymcfc]

After the first goal I thought this would be a procession, now not so much. Thought they were now allowed to use their strength in matches, seems there’s different rules for different games again and Cancelo gave the ref a choice that he was always going to take. Then, for the ref to book Bernie showed to me that he’s lost the game and he knows that letting other stuff slide.

Hopefully we will keep our heads, we all know what can happen when a ref is doing us over; Pep was even getting heated with the Lino.

Let’s see how the 2nd half starts, this could go either way.

[johnny crossan]

Worried about this one. Hopefully Jack can step up and show a bit of magic.

Jack should be replaced by Phil pronto and Erling needs wheeling on as well. Ake was also at fault for the goal btw - just didn't do his job, pity Cancelo lost it again though.

[johnny crossan]

Worried about this one. Hopefully Jack can step up and show a bit of magic.

Jack should be replaced by Phil pronto and Erling needs wheeling on as well. Ake was also at fault for the goal btw - just didn't do his job, pity Cancelo lost it again though.

[ayrshireblue]

Shoulder to shoulder, was the red for a supposed stamp?

It's never shoulder to shoulder, he barges him in the back. Definite penalty, definite red card.

You clearly need to look at it again.
https://twitter.com/EPL057/status/15889 ... gr%5Etweet

Genuinely not sure from that angle.

it is a foul , from the reverse angle you see him shoulder the player in the back.

Not needed, better to let him go and keep eleven on the pitch , even if it became 1-1 .

From the other side you can see he barged him in the back, not close to being shoulder to shoulder. From the long distance at that angle it looks like it but it wasn't.