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ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC"
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A few in Todays Football mate.
Thank you. EDIT: Just seen it and that's not merely incredibly soft. It's simulation!
Blues Harp
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I do Carlos - good call
carlos21
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No worries mate
helpimonfire
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Why worry about these p!ss dribbles. Moshi is coming.
It's bloody amazing how they fluke so many wins. (Augsburg, Palace - just two recent ones).. ok so they outplay someone - City home and away they deserve credit (not from us of course but you get the gist). Then they fluke a really high proportion of their wins - offsides - bad ref calls etc etc etc..
Blue_4_Life
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Yeah, me too if I'm being honest. Didn't think there was any contact at first, but I have since looked at it a few more times and Delaneys knee definitely makes contact with his standing foot. Now whether it's enough contact to make him go down like hes been shot is debatable. There was contact though. Laughable that everyone in the Palace camp is still trying to claim their was no contact at all, including Delaney himself. He knows he's messed up there.
Like you said there is absolutely no need for him to dive in like that. He is going nowhere, just shepherd him out. His bellendry has ended up handed the RS 3 points they really didn't deserve. The plank.
Jags..class
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Doesn't mean it a pen because there is slight contact
Seen tbe BBC bit is klopp a genius or did he just get lucky? Wtf lol
The Cowboy
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That's just it though, the defender didn't dive in. He made out he was going to jump in, thought better of it and pulled out. His sliding knee then touches Benteke and he goes down. I'm not even concerned about whether Benteke dived or not, the fact is that the defender did not FOUL him. He made no tackle, and he made no physical motion towards Benteke. It was a collision of limbs, nothing more. How that can be deemed a foul is beyond me. Are we saying that if two players touch each other (oo er) in any way, then that's 'contact' and automatically a foul? It's insanity, and it's not the first time we've seen this. For it to be a genuine foul, the defender has to be trying to intercept the ball, and in failing to do so, has grounded the attacker. None of that was evident yesterday.
But even on a wider point - 94 mins?! Why are refs hell bent on giving the most contentious of penalties so incredibly late in the game? Do they not see how much it courts controversy? The ref didn't even see it, and had to rely on what the linesman said - hardly clear cut then! Just don't give them and let everyone walk off content with a draw. I'll bet if it wasn't given Benteke wouldn't have protested much, given he knows that it wasn't really a penalty anyway.
Whistlin' Dixie
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SpurtingLesbian
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Jamie Carragher: Liverpool players don’t dive, it was a clear penalty
Christian Benteke adds: He touched me, otherwise I don’t go down
16:30, 6 Mar 2016
JAMIE CARRAGHER has defended Christian Benteke, insisting: It was a clear penalty, Liverpool players don’t dive.
The Liverpool striker was brought down in the penalty area — in the 94th minute — by Crystal Palace defender Damien Delaney, with many feeling the Belgian went down easily.
However, speaking on Sky Sports after the game, Carragher was confident that Benteke was touched — with fellow pundit Thierry Henry agreeing.
When asked if the right decision was made, the former Reds defender said: “[It was] 100 per cent.
“As soon as I saw it I thought it was a penalty.
Was it a penalty to Liverpool?
“Liverpool players don’t dive.
"It was a stupid decision to dive in and [Delaney] just clipped with his right knee Christian Benteke's left ankle and it's a penalty.
"I don't think it's a debate."
Christian Benteke is brought down by Damien Delaney in the 94th minute at Selhurst Park
Henry went on to say that at first he was unsure, but on second glace was inclined to agree with his colleague.
Meanwhile, ten-man Liverpool’s man of the hour Benteke claimed that he believes he was touched — saying he wouldn’t go down with no contact.
Benteke said: “To be sure, I think he touched me otherwise I don’t go down.
“I think the ref knows better than us and he took the right decision.
“This is part of football you have to ready when the manager needs you and I tried to do my best today, we won and I am really happy.”
Reds boss Klopp echoed the trio’s sentiment, saying he too thought it was a penalty.
He said: “It was a penalty, bad luck for the defender but he hit the foot with his knee, otherwise Benteke is in a good position for a shot.”
Christian Benteke adds: He touched me, otherwise I don’t go down
JAMIE CARRAGHER has defended Christian Benteke, insisting: It was a clear penalty, Liverpool players don’t dive.
The Liverpool striker was brought down in the penalty area — in the 94th minute — by Crystal Palace defender Damien Delaney, with many feeling the Belgian went down easily.
However, speaking on Sky Sports after the game, Carragher was confident that Benteke was touched — with fellow pundit Thierry Henry agreeing.
When asked if the right decision was made, the former Reds defender said: “[It was] 100 per cent.
“As soon as I saw it I thought it was a penalty.
Was it a penalty to Liverpool?
“Liverpool players don’t dive.
"It was a stupid decision to dive in and [Delaney] just clipped with his right knee Christian Benteke's left ankle and it's a penalty.
"I don't think it's a debate."
Christian Benteke is brought down by Damien Delaney in the 94th minute at Selhurst Park
Henry went on to say that at first he was unsure, but on second glace was inclined to agree with his colleague.
Meanwhile, ten-man Liverpool’s man of the hour Benteke claimed that he believes he was touched — saying he wouldn’t go down with no contact.
Benteke said: “To be sure, I think he touched me otherwise I don’t go down.
“I think the ref knows better than us and he took the right decision.
“This is part of football you have to ready when the manager needs you and I tried to do my best today, we won and I am really happy.”
Reds boss Klopp echoed the trio’s sentiment, saying he too thought it was a penalty.
He said: “It was a penalty, bad luck for the defender but he hit the foot with his knee, otherwise Benteke is in a good position for a shot.”
Sky need to get a grip with Carragher and tell him to wind it in or leave. His bias is disgusting when watching sky, shouting "Come on Liverpool" during the cup final and now this. The reason Neville was so likeable was because he didn't show any affiliation to anyone at all.
And it was never a penalty. If that's what is now deemed as a foul then wow. Shocking decision really and anyone who thinks thats a clear penalty is a puff.
And it was never a penalty. If that's what is now deemed as a foul then wow. Shocking decision really and anyone who thinks thats a clear penalty is a puff.
neil999
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he was joking when he said liverpool players dont dive, he's stuck the boot in a few times...i think he's ok as a pundit
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