Originally posted by dinky1409:
im not too sure abt that cos i didn't see it perhaps.. but penalties not being given by referees are quite common and its always debatable but to be fair, the ref can't give the benefit of the doubt just cos he wasn't sure but he can rely on his linesmen..
why i said the linesman could be kelong cos..
i thought ferdinand was offside when he scored that goal.. and the linesman could probably see it and in most cases in such scenarios, most linesmen would probably give it an offside..
tevez goal, during the replay the linesman was still running into position and I wonder how he could think the ball bounced in the line and then goes out, from his position.. parallax error?
i dunnoe zocoss im just being practical here.. just hate it when officials don't do their jobs properly even if my fave team wins.. part and parcel of soccer i guess but still errors that can be eliminated should be eliminated..
If penalties not being given by referees are quite common then offside called is even more common thesedays... maybe 3 or 4 or more in every match...
Why i said why don't you say referee kelong didn't give 2 clear penalties before that... is because Rob Styles is known to be a referee that always give important decisions against united. It was clear as daylight for everyone to see... Even if he can get away with the Ronaldo one, Giggs was so obviously fouled... The first goal is always so important... It could win or lose the match for you.
On Ferdinand's goal, all i can say is... we should go and watch it again... But apart from you, i have not heard anyone else say he was offside...
Tevez goal... The lineman or ass referee you may like to call him may be running back but what makes you think he wasn't able to see clearly from where he was? Replays clearly showed the ball crossed the line... The back shot wasn't clear but the front shot certainly looked over the line.
Your last paragraph seem a bit strange too... You seem to be suggesting that Ferdinand's goal was offside, Tevez's goal didn't crossed the line... The officials didn't do their jobs properly and your fave team won...
I don't know how to say this and hope it won't offend you... I don't find anything practical from your comments at all... I think its more cynical rather than practical... We should acknowledge that linesman did a great job and was spot-on when he made that call.
I agree that errors that can be eliminated should have been eliminated... But Rio and Tevez goal wasn't in that basket of errors made during that match...
It was embarrassingly one-sided, and Jose Enrique cleared off the line from Carrick, while many players in red appealed for a penalty as Carr clashed with Ferdinand.
Ferdinand stole in at the far post five minutes from time to hammer home Rooney's delicate cross, before Ronaldo claimed his first Premier League treble with a deflected finish.
There was even more agony for Newcastle in injury-time when Tevez added a sixth. Newcastle questioned whether the ball had crossed the line after the Argentine's shot came down off the bar.
Replays showed it was a goal, and former Old Trafford star Smith contested the decision so fiercely he was sent off.
BBC Sport
