Premier League Festive Season

thegregster

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Refs bail them put again. Should have be off in the first minute.
 

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It wasn't that reckless, it wasn't like he was charging in at speed. You need to raise your arms to get a good leap.

Mane's arm caught him, not the elbow. Had it been the elbow I'd have called it a red, regardless of intent, but it wasn't, so it isn't. A fine line maybe, lucky for Mane maybe, but if that's a red then we'd have two/three off per game.
We wouldn't.
 

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Mane was never a red. You'd have been livid if one of yours was sent off for that.
 

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Chalobah, oh my. That was some real poor defending.

But I understand if he thought Mane was already sent off ad wasn't on the pitch.
 

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Chelsea are gonna struggle to even get top 4 at this stage. They really aren't that far ahead of Spurs/Arsenal/United and have some tricky fixtures coming up.
 

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Wouldn’t surprise me if Chelsea score here. We look a bit all over the place. Keep giving the ball away.
 

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That Mane 'elbow' is never a red, Maguire would be sent off every game if that was so. I hate Liverpool but come on that's ridiculous.
 

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Mane was never a red. You'd have been livid if one of yours was sent off for that.
If you’re acknowledging it’s a foul, as he did by giving him a yellow, then it’s got to be a red. He went into the challenge elbow first at head height. It’s either an accident and you give nothing or it’s dangerous/violent play and it’s a red.
 

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The thing with the Mane challenge as well was the intent. Went in with the intent to elbow, which is a textbook red.
 

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Diabolical from us so far .could go three up and we probably still wouldn’t win with defending like this
 

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Our play at the back is so different without Alisson there.
 

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The Mane elbow is your classic orange card. Could've gone either way.