It doesn't matter if it was deliberate or not. His arm controlled the ball, gave him an unfair advantage, took it into his path, leading to a goal. That's handball.
Football has always been a fast moving game, with plenty of ebb and flow. VAR has sucked the life out of it. As a near 16 year old when 'the Clive Thomas incident' happened, I'd rather risk that, than suffer with this garbage.
I expect City to put 3 or 4 past Spurs, but if they dropped points, it puts Arsenal in the driving seat. We saw how they buckled under the pressure last year, and beating Everton easily becomes a different challenge, provided we turn up of course.
Regardless of the style of play, he's performed miracles in very trying circumstances. If the club can somehow stabilise over the next couple of years, it would be interesting to see his 'style' hopefully develop. Chopping and changing managers on a regular basis has been a disaster for the...
Signing Barkley would be a disaster. He's obviously good enough to improve us, but one misplaced pass would bring the wrath of the boo boys and destroy his confidence. I think we should take a few of those Man City players when they get relegated to the conference. They could do a job.
Branthwaite would be the biggest loss from those listed. We must try and keep him at all costs, even if it means selling the other three to raise the capital required.