CL- Manchester City v FC Barcelona - 19:45

Ulysses Gaze

WallyGUFC wrote: »

Disgraceful refereeing and not for the first time, balance favouring Barca. Eagerly awaiting Bayern tearing these cheats apart.

They (Barca) had a stonewall penalty turned down AND a legitimate goal ruled out for offside.

Hardly the balance favouring Barca.

Darkglasses

Washington Irving wrote: »

I was thinking he had sent off Zabaleta and Kompany. Quality broadcasting from RTE

Not just RTE, that graphic was put on by the host broadcaster. It appeared on my Fox Sports coverage as well.

Rezident

Headshot wrote: »

Lads when will the powers that be wake up and see how these refs are destroying the sport?

So true, that clown last night gave robben a penalty for diving even after telling robben to get up for diving.

I think refs should only be ex-players, ok so they might not be able to keep up (picture jan molby) but at least they wouldn't get everything wrong. Some of these refs they don't seem to be aware of many of the intricacies of the game, it's like they don't watch football or have never kicked a ball.

bad2dabone

GavRedKing wrote: »

Against who.....oh ya.

don't forget the disgraceful sending off of some dutch guy who used to play for the gunners.

Propane Nightmare

WallyGUFC wrote: »

Disgraceful refereeing and not for the first time, balance favouring Barca. Eagerly awaiting Bayern tearing these cheats apart.

GavRedKing

Its hard enough playing barca but when youre playing against the ref too its near impossible.

Some of his home free kick decisions against toure and zabaleta earlier were baffling.

Hes just not a good ref at the end of the day.

Darkglasses

Digitalism wrote: »

Have you ever played a competitive football game yourself?

I've played some cup matches with the local team, and have gotten riled up by wrong decisions against me by refs, so I can imagine how fuming I would be if I was in Zabaletas shoes. It shows some passion to me.

Not since I was a young man, but it's still pointless. Some players have the sense to know how not to talk themselves into a booking, like Kompany, and some don't. Passion is good, talking yourself into getting sent off in the Champions League is not good.

Timmyctc

CL quality of refereeing is abysmal of late. Last year with United and Real comes to mind. Barca in just about every CL game ever since the dawn of time. Quality of refereeing in the sport as a whole is actually quite poor yaw

Heisenberg1

Stone wall penalty what a numpty of a ref.

token56

Certainly hasn't been City's night. To be fair the ref has made some terrible decisions against both sides and has certainly ruined what has otherwise been a very exciting and quality game.

Charlie Haughy

This ref will now overshadow Barca's complete and utter domination of City throughout the whole 90 mins. Shame.

Tinie

Clearly offside.

EDIT: or maybe not...

Mr.Crinklewood

Looked offside.

Edit....no it was not.

Rezident

Yes ref no way that was offside.

fullstop

Washington Irving wrote: »

I was thinking he had sent off Zabaleta and Kompany. Quality broadcasting from RTE

All the feeds had that caption, nothing to do with RTE AFAIK

Edit; already posted twice I see!

Red Crow

Same with Michael Oliver at the weekend. Terrible refereeing decisions against both sides. Not many decent referees around.

Darkglasses

KOMPANYYY!!

Go on Vinny! Glad we didn't end the tie without scoring a goal. Mile off, but I don't care even a little

Timmyctc

Would love City to beat these cheats. Wait till ye see now the amount of diving and time wasting.

Soups123

Kompany onside

LuckyLloyd

Barcelona players incredulous at not getting a decision in their favour. I'd be surprised if I was in their shoes too - stunned even!

frisbeeface

Looked onside to me and the first good decision tonight!

GavRedKing

They might draw on the night respectable result.

Soups123

Rezident wrote: »

Yes ref no way that was offside.

It wasn't !

Vinz Mesrine

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Barcelona players incredulous at not getting a decision in their favour. I'd be surprised if I was in their shoes too - stunned even!

Even more embarrassing when replays prove he was onside.

Timmyctc

4+ Subs 2 goals 1 sending off = 2mins added time.... Righhhhttttt.

LuckyLloyd

2mins injury time! Jaysus, subtlety is lost on this guy!

Lumbo

Ronnie saying it's a legit goal :rolleyes:

wotzgoingon

Good man Danni

Tinie

GavRedKing wrote: »

They might draw on the night respectable result.

Cant even manage that. Agg scoreline flatters barca tbh.

yomtea98

Bow down to Iniesta

GavRedKing

GavRedKing wrote: »

They might draw on the night respectable result.

Ah wel.

Heisenberg1

Red Crow wrote: »

Same with Michael Oliver at the weekend. Terrible refereeing decisions against both sides. Not many decent referees around.

Apart from that call from Oliver he's one of the best in the BPL.

Red Crow

Barcelona don't really care if they embarrass themselves. They have Barca DNA.

keith16

Magnificent composure from Iniesta.

PerrinV2

Where is Andersonisgod?

WallyGUFC

More than a club indeed...

token56

City dont deserve that imo

Timmyctc

Red Crow wrote: »

Barcelona don't really care if they embarrass themselves. They have Barca DNA.

More than a club.

Red Crow

Heisenberg1 wrote: »

Apart from that call from Oliver he's one of the best in the BPL.

Oh I think he's a shockingly poor referee.

karma_

City didn't deserve to win this match but if that wasn't one of the absolute worst referring performances i've seen in many a year watching football.

Super-Rush

I though Alves was going to start cupping his ear like the Hulkster.

Headshot

PerrinV2 wrote: »

Where is Andersonisgod?

ran out of tissues

keith16

I must say, I was hoping to hear from AIG during the thread. Like him not, he always brings great colour and language to these threads.

super_furry

Tell you what, Lescott might have been up against great players but he looked so out of place out there. Definitely the weak link in the City defence.

GavRedKing

If i was the city players i wouldnt risk any cards and just walk off the decisions and result stand. Ref cant do nothing now to change that.

Tinie

Has eamo had work done on his eyes?

Vinz Mesrine

PerrinV2 wrote: »

Where is Andersonisgod?

He has masturbated himself into a puddle of sweat, semen and hyperbole.

Timmyctc

GavRedKing wrote: »

If i was the city players i wouldnt risk any cards and just walk off the decisions and result stand. Ref cant do nothing now to change that.

Ah tbf. If you were in their position you would certainly want to give the Ref a piece of your mind RE: how **** he was. In the heat of the moment nothing is straightforward.

Ulysses Gaze

One thing is clear, Barca will miss Victor Valdes.

That was a world class save from Dzeko. If City had scored that...

Red Crow

keith16 wrote: »

I must say, I was hoping to hear from AIG during the thread. Like him not, he always brings great colour and language to these threads.

He can't bare the thought of the abuse the mighty Catalan men have suffered tonight from the blue wall from Manchester. These brave boys from Barcelona have premiered another master class.... Etc etc