Great result. Not a great performance. Hardly concerned at this point of the season though its all about results now and we came home with 3 which is the main thing.
1. Our first penalty, for me Tomkins should have been sent off. If he had made any contact with Luis then he would have gone for denying him a clear chance on goal. But his handball was quite clearly deliberate, Luis would have gone past him and been about 8 yards out from goal, therefore Tomkins quite clearly stopped luis from scoring, so what's the difference? If he had picked the ball up with both hands and threw it out for a corner, would he have got a yellow for that then? Absolute joke.
2. Their goal. At first I thought mignolet bottled it. Apart from his shot stopping, I haven't been impressed with him all season. Never comes off his line. Can't catch a cross to save his life. He always looks very nervous and dodgy to me. He has little confidence so I have little confidence in him. However, after seeing the replays it was a clear foul to be fair to him and Carroll could have again possibly seen red. It was a deliberate foul and more or less punching Mig in the face. In the modern game weve seen people get sent off for less than that.
3. Our second penalty. For me, it was very very soft. But it was justice for their goal. Their keeper touches the ball before he makes contact with Flanny therefore it is NOT a penalty. Although the modern game is soft, you are allowed to make contact within a tackle providing you take the ball. In my opinion their goalie did that. Not very convincingly but you can see him touch the ball before he makes any contact with Flanny.
Anyway, the reds are coming up the hill boys.
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