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the problem is this behavior is incentivized by the refs. If he had not gone down there and tried to recover the ball, the penalty wouldn't have been given either by the ref or VAR. We've seen this for many years now.
This. If i am attacker i would always go down in those situation. You touched me and because of that i lost momentum. feck you, i am going down
 
Sounds like it's been formed in their image then. I thought Stoke fans were bad... must be something in the water.
It's no coincidence IMO that they have drawn the most games this season. It's either a big lumped balls upfront of giving it Adama to run with
 
Mendy with both arms around Dendoncker in the box, not even looking at the ball.

VAR: That's perfectly ok.

Mahrez dives to the ground after being brushed.

VAR: PENALTY.
 
traore still has awful decisions making

Literally only in the team for his pace
 
Is it wrong I want City to win? Wolves are more of a threat to us than City.
 
Quite clearly had his foot stood on. Are you Jim Beglin?
Maybe. :wenger:

Mahrez' reaction was so exaggerated though, can't see that being given outside the box. And then the encroachment issue - let's not even go there. Might as well keep giving City penalties until they score.
 
Maybe. :wenger:

Mahrez' reaction was so exaggerated though, can't see that being given outside the box. And then the encroachment issue - let's not even go there. Might as well keep giving City penalties until they score.
So, you're saying the encroachment call was incorrect?
 
Maybe. :wenger:

Mahrez' reaction was so exaggerated though, can't see that being given outside the box. And then the encroachment issue - let's not even go there. Might as well keep giving City penalties until they score.
The defender encroached and cleared the ball. I'm not sure what VAR got wrong here
 
Contact doesn't automatically mean foul, that's why there's nuance in contact. To me it was soft AF, and I wouldn't have given it.
You're not in Mahrez's head so you can't just assume he wasn't impeded enough. Mahrez beat the defender and he stood on his foot from behind = foul.

You should ignore his theatrics. That's only to draw attention to the ref he was fouled. They wouldn't have given it if he stayed on his feet, which is wrong and why it happens.
 
You're not in Mahrez's head so you can't just assume he wasn't impeded enough. Mahrez beat the defender and he stood on his foot from behind = foul.

You should ignore his theatrics. That's only to draw attention to the ref he was fouled. They wouldn't have given it if he stayed on his feet, which is wrong and why it happens.
Did you think Albrighton's foul on Mane was a pen?