Soccer (Closing)

That was quite ridiculous. Ref played advantage, saw that Grealish was running onto the ball and then blowed the whistle.

This is just bloody outrageous. What a shame really.

thats just fucking embarrassing

We’re even bad at paying the refs.

Horrific decision.

Jesus Christ Grealish has a one on one wtf is this ref thinking

That’s actually the worst I’ve ever seen. He literally watches Haaland get up and send the ball in THEN he blows the whistle

That was a ludicrous decision to stop play

The absolute madman

There's been some absolutely shit decisions this season, but this may genuinely be the worst one, he fucking signed for advantage and then brought it back after the pass????? AND HE BOOKED HAALAND FOR COMPLAINING HAHAHAHAHAHA

That's a fucking disgraceful call. He even starts to play advantage, but then is like 'oh no that's a bit much of an advantage'.

Ref had ML on a tie

We’re gonna get one of those Liverpool letters from PGMOL and it ain’t gonna mean fuckin squat

One of the most outrageous calls I've ever seen

Even Anthony Taylor looked perplexed

It's ok. Howard Webb will issue an apology letter and everything will.be fine again. In ref we trust.

A great game and all people are going to talk about it the bad officiating... as per usual in the Premier League

Ref committing DOGSO

That is a howler lol

Sontaran lookin ass ref

He played that advantage and then decided “nah nevermind” once Grealish was in like what the fuck?

This was actually a decent ref performance until this incident

That's not normal at all. Did he think City lost the ball?

Spurs can only get results against the top 6 when refs make awful calls in their favour.

insane call but where are the yellow cards?

That was… weird

I don’t understand because he initially waived play on and then as soon as he plays the ball he calls it???

This referee constantly stinks it up. He shouldn’t be stopping the play there lol

That's criminal on the face of it. There has to be some explanation, or else this should be his last game as a referee.

I don't know how players stay so calm. I would have lost my mind and choked the ref or something.

Haaland got up and ref signaled the advantage just to pull back after grealish was 1 on 1. Shocking is an understatement

Few friends said that the ref had blown (though half-heartedly) when Haaland went down, played advantage, then remembered he can't do that so had to bring it back.

Only justification I can think of.

Fire him

How many games this bald asshole is going to ruin before he will be finally a garbage truck driver or something similar? He was the best Tottenham player against Liverpool as well. The thoughest league in the world, and he will become a main factor at the end of the championship? Disgrace...

that is criminal

But but city is paying the refs

Bellend

I am an arsenal fan all my life but I fucking gate thay shit

Ref must've known he'd stuffed it because he probably could have booked 3-4 City players for desent otherwise

the look on Anthony Taylor’s face on the sideline said it all “here we fucking go again” even he knew this was just a complete and utter fuck up. Team allegiances aside, we all just want better from the refs.

The worst thing is he let the play go on after Haaland got up and then suddenly decided to call it

Well done, boys. Good process

That is criminal, fucking hell

Ref got a watch notification that the payment had been declined

Wouldn't be a city draw without missed chances and some fucking nonsense reffing

Unlucky decision, but it is pretty obvious what happened here. Hooper plays advantage initially, sees that the advantage isn't a strong one because Haaland is heading backwards and is off balance so he blows it just as the ball is being hoofed downfield into a 1 on 4. Unfortunately for him Haaland's ball is remarkable and it springs Grealish. Ultimately it is a split second decision and Hooper is unlucky in that he looks foolish here, but stopping the advantage is probably correct 9 times out of 10 given the City players' positions. He also can't really afford to wait for the result of the ball that Haaland plays because at that point it will have been too late to bring it back. One of those that looks far more dubious than it is. It is a fast paced game and refereeing is hard.

All non-Prem fans have known this guy is a clown since day one. We (Norwich) hate him 😂😂

Are all EPL refs this fat

But if we complain about shit like this you'll be punished?

Bore off, fucking dire decision that

It’s not even like he didn’t give an advantage at all. He gave one and then said nahhh, not that much advantage. What a shite referee.