2018-19 UEFA Champions League

Mr.Nice Guy

ArielAtom wrote: »

Surely that was a joke, yea?

Eh no. I have it on BT Sport and their commentators, usually biased towards the Premier League teams, thought it was a pen. They also asked former referee Phil Dowd for his thoughts and he also said he would have given the penalty.

LuckyLloyd

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Porto screwed out of a deserved pen there.

"deserved" :pac:

theoneeyedman

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Eh no. I have it on BT Sport and their commentators, usually biased towards the Premier League teams, thought it was a pen. They also asked former referee Phil Dowd for his thoughts and he also said he would have given the penalty.

Not even sure TAA is still on the pitch when ball strikes his hand. VAR is a load of Boll1x if we're giving penalties for the likes of that, same as the one in the City Spurs game.

Phil Dowd and BT can Fvck right off, just stoking controversy for the sake of it.

ArielAtom

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Eh no. I have it on BT Sport and their commentators, usually biased towards the Premier League teams, thought it was a pen. They also asked former referee Phil Dowd for his thoughts and he also said he would have given the penalty.

So you didn’t form your own opinion but rely on a pundit to do it for ya😂😂😂😂😂
Never a pen.

8-10

TheCitizen wrote: »

LOL RTE showing Liverpool when the other match is the tie of the night

Liverpool game is quality, haven't seen any of the other

Mr.Nice Guy

ArielAtom wrote: »

So you didn’t form your own opinion but rely on a pundit to do it for ya😂😂😂😂😂
Never a pen.

I formed my own opinion and the commentary team happened to agree with it. Pretty sure you'd be screaming for it if it went the other way.

Guy:Incognito

Kiith wrote: »

It'll only get cut out when they start giving cards/bans after the game. The sooner the better imo.

During the game would be better. An immediate punishment is much more of a deterrent than a yellow card that arrives in the post

The White Wolf

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

I formed my own opinion and the commentary team happened to agree with it. Pretty sure you'd be screaming for it if it went the other way.

Playing that game are we.....OH NO WE WOULDN'T

ArielAtom

8-10 wrote: »

Liverpool game is quality, haven't seen any of the other

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

I formed my own opinion and the commentary team happened to agree with it. Pretty sure you'd be screaming for it if it went the other way.

I wouldn’t actually. Ever pen and as VAR said no, it mustn’t have been😉

TheCitizen

8-10 wrote: »

Liverpool game is quality, haven't seen any of the other

I’m watching the other one.

Liamalone

TheCitizen wrote: »

LOL RTE showing Liverpool when the other match is the tie of the night

Tis stupid, probably looking ahead knowing the second leg will be a dead rubber.

niallo27

Tbh I was shocked no penalty was given for the handball. Unless the ball were was already over the line.

super_furry

It was as much a penalty as the one United were given against PSG. I don't think either should be penalties, but I expected VAR to come back with one.

Kiith

According to the rules, it was a penalty. But the rules are wrong imo, and it shouldn't have been.

super_furry

Kiith wrote: »

According to the rules, it was a penalty. But the rules are wrong imo, and it shouldn't have been.

That's where I'd land, but there's also the question of whether or not the ball had crossed the line when contact was made.

niallo27

That was close must have only been inches, why no line across.

Kiith

super_furry wrote: »

That's where I'd land, but there's also the question of whether or not the ball had crossed the line when contact was made.

Oh sorry, i thought we were talking about the Spurs decision...haven't seen the other :pac:

niallo27

Kiith wrote: »

Oh sorry, i thought we were talking about the Spurs decision...haven't seen the other :pac:

I was wondering why you were watching the liverpool game

ThunbergsAreGo

Pretty impressed with Porto going forward tonight, should have had at least one away goal

Father Hernandez

Crazy that without VAR, that penalty for City wouldn't have been given and rightfully so.

Can always tell by the reaction of the team winning the peno, not one City player appealed for it

Same as the United one

Strumms

TitianGerm wrote: »

He had his eyes closed so I doubt it was deliberate anyway but that doesn't matter because as far as I'm aware there's no mention of deliberate in the rules.

To me it looked like the ball was over the end line when it hit his hand though.

The term deliberate is deliberately mentioned in the rules.

Quazzie

Kane hurt himself while trying to hurt someone else.

ArielAtom

What’s the quality of the City - Spurs game like?

Father Hernandez

ArielAtom wrote: »

What’s the quality of the City - Spurs game like?

Super first half. V high intensity.

Decent second half, Kane off injured, looked worrying enough

Could go either way

AdamD

ArielAtom wrote: »

What’s the quality of the City - Spurs game like?

Very good watch for a 0-0

GLaDOS

ArielAtom wrote: »

What’s the quality of the City - Spurs game like?

Decent contest, scrappy at times. Needs a goal.

Hammer Archer

super_furry wrote: »

It was as much a penalty as the one United were given against PSG. I don't think either should be penalties, but I expected VAR to come back with one.

I'm not sure. For the PSG penalty, the player was actively attempting to block the ball and the ball travelled a big distance before hitting him. In this case, Alexander Arnold was a foot away from the keeper and not actively attempting to play the ball. Think that's what swung it for VAR. Personally didn't think either should have been a penalty, but the Man U penalty was more a penalty than the one today.

Strumms

Jesus the finishing

Strumms

AdamD wrote: »

Very good watch for a 0-0

Spurs just scored

sligeach

Spurs have a bit of a chance now. Especially if they keep City scoreless here.

Berserker

1-0, Spurs turning it on tonight against City. Spurs have a great chance if they can take this lead to the second leg. Where is this Porto side that supposed to give Liverpool a game? 2-0 after 30 mins. Game and tie over in the first half, as I said. Liverpool should have gone for the jugular though.

Mr.Nice Guy

Should be a red card for Salah.

The BT commentators, including former referee Phil Dowd, think so too.

https://twitter.com/foetball247/status/1115717728634118144

ThunbergsAreGo

Berserker wrote: »

1-0, Spurs turning it on tonight against City. Spurs have a great chance if they can take this lead to the second leg. Where is this Porto side that supposed to give Liverpool a game? 2-0 after 30 mins. Game and tie over in the first half, as I said. Liverpool should have gone for the jugular though.

Porto have been decent, could easily have scored themselves

Berserker

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Should be a red card for Salah.

The BT commentators, including former referee Phil Dowd, think so too.

Disgraceful challenge. Could have broken that chap's leg. Should be banned retrospectively for that.

naughtb4 wrote: »

Porto have been decent, could easily have scored themselves

Liverpool took their foot off the gas after that second goal. They can get another at any point in tie, if needed.

Esse85

I thought that fan was gonna attack Delph.

Berserker

The second leg of Spurs v Man City has the potential to be epic.

ArielAtom

What ****housery did Fabhino get up to?

TheRiverman

Salah very poor again tonight.

Strumms

naughtb4 wrote: »

Porto have been decent, could easily have scored themselves

I doubt they will turn it around, when they had good spells it was either a **** final ball time after time and then when they did find good delivery the ability to finish deserted them.

Strumms

Moussa looks like a donkey.

rob316

lawred2 wrote: »

Were RTE blocked from showing City Spurs?

Hope so because I've no idea why they would choose to show Liverpool Porto.

Fairly obvious as there is far more Liverpool fans which equal higher ratings.

Mr.Nice Guy

Difficult for Porto to come back without the away goal. They needed a break but it's tough for the smaller teams to get the decisions when it counts. No idea how VAR didn't intervene on this:

https://twitter.com/CFCDon/status/1115718706972241930

Garzorico

Spuds players acting like they’re through already......Hmmmmm....

Kiith

Can it be reviewed after the game, since it wasn't booked? Or has it changed with the introduction of VAR?

Garzorico wrote: »

Spuds players acting like they’re through already......Hmmmmm....

Yeah, sad to see a team celebrating winning the first leg of the quarter finals in the first CL game in their new stadium :rolleyes:

Strumms

Pointless in have 3 officials, VAR and an atrocious attempt at a tackle could be overlooked without ANY action, that’s a potential leg breaker, a career ender the more you see it.

5starpool

VAR is awful. I really dislike it. The idea is great, the result terrible more often than not.

citytillidie

lawred2 wrote: »

Were RTE blocked from showing City Spurs?

Hope so because I've no idea why they would choose to show Liverpool Porto.

No RTE had 1st choice of game and choose Liverpool game. They need the viewing figures to pay for showing the Champions League games.

Liverpool will bring in more viewers than Spurs or Man City

Quazzie wrote: »

I think it means they have the return leg, which they must have decided was the better one to show

2nd leg is next Wednesday RTE only have Tuesday games

Berserker

Kiith wrote: »

Can it be reviewed after the game, since it wasn't booked? Or has it changed with the introduction of VAR?

The Salah tackle? I would think so. He didn't get booked.

jacool

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Difficult for Porto to come back without the away goal. They needed a break but it's tough for the smaller teams to get the decisions when it counts. No idea how VAR didn't intervene on this:

https://twitter.com/CFCDon/status/1115718706972241930

I wonder do VAR take into account that he's being pulled back as he goes to make the challenge, or not?

citytillidie

Berserker wrote: »

Disgraceful challenge. Could have broken that chap's leg. Should be banned retrospectively for that.



Liverpool took their foot off the gas after that second goal. They can get another at any point in tie, if needed.

VAR looked at it ref gave a free kick so doing anything retrospectively will be making up new rules