It’s always tough to watch a player miss a penalty in a Champions League Final and see their team lose because of it. But in this case, it feels different. After escaping punishment for wrestling opponents, headbutting players and obstructing goalkeepers entire season, this outcome feels like football’s way of restoring balance.
Karma had the final say.
Ball bounces off Mbeumo hip to arm. If he was the scorer, no goal. But incident counts as open play so ref entitled to see it as ‘accidental handball’ if he thinks Mbeumo did not deliberately control the ball with his arm.
BREAKING: PGMO admit Manchester United's second goal during yesterday's game should not have been given. PGMO chief refereeing officer Howard Webb has talked to Forest today to acknowledge the misjudgement.
Great news for Slot. Brighton defeated at Leeds and won’t be challenging Liverpool for fifth place. All eyes on Bournemouth now. If City beats them on Tuesday, Slot might be able to save his job.
So you can control the ball with your arm to set someone up and it’s allowed but not if you directly score yourself. It’s wrong at so many levels. Extended arm, action affecting the outcome. It’s just not right if an attacker has his arms extended and ball hits his hand and his teammate scores from the deflection. @FA_PGMOL needs to do something about the rules, referees interpretation and this entire mess they have created. This cannot go on blatantly.
@Neduszn8 I think you yourself have no idea. Btw Finnan was a right back and Traore was a left back. And Riise played in front of Traore on the left in 2005 Champions League. And you had no idea about Nunez 😆