it was a bad mistake but it was a subjetive call and that is where i think refs deserve some leeway. The liverpool spurs decision was an abolsute atrocity and i feel like teams have been jumping on the bandwagon of that poor decision to pile pressure on refs when they disagree with a decision.
not trying to defend the ref here as he fucked up and knew he fucked up but city are the only ones to blame for not beating what was almost a spurs b team. the way haaland reacted was quite pathetic and if him and pep love the rules so much they should be having a word with their owners first
The only option is a season long ban and a forced selling to AFC Wimbledon for a packet of Quavers
It’s only fair
Ban him next match pls. Only acceptable solution
Wrong decision sure, but his outburst deserves a ban.
I know the rules are rules and he’s probably going to face a short ban but seriously tho, that call would make anyone furious and them punishing players for criticising this absurd call just makes them look like fools who cannot admit their mistakes.
Imagine a referee makes the correct call and City’s players, and Haaland, reacted the same way. We’d all think they’re bang out of order.
The difference between the two situations is how bad a referee’s error is, and that’s not for a player to decide (especially not while in the field without the benefit of replay and so on). There’s no way to say “this error was bad enough for the players to crowd the ref and scream at him, but this one wasn’t”, so we need rules for how players can react to a call. Even in fucking atrocious refereeing decisions like this one.