Same here.
Premier League Week 29 5/6 March
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Same here.
The defender shouldn't even be looking to go to ground there. He is massively behind the striker and just gifted the chance to go down.
Plus there was contact with the defenders knee and his trailing leg.
No idea what klopp has been feeding lovren, or if Rodgers was sending him anonymous dead threats or something beforehand, but he's been a completely different player under klopp.
Our best defender now. Never thought I'd say that. Also never thought I'd say I'd really like to see Lovren partner Lucas at the back.
Really good performance today.
Our best defender now. Never thought I'd say that. Also never thought I'd say I'd really like to see Lovren partner Lucas at the back.
Really good performance today.
You can see the contact from both angles. It's slight but clearly there.
What a dive. A player with the build of Benteke going over like that. It's embarrassing. Another reason I'm falling out of love with football is decisions like this. One of my friends has withdrawn all support of football a couple of seasons ago and I can see why.
Seeing it again, im convinced its a penalty.
Yes there was. Defenders knee clips Benteke heel.
The defenders right knee makes contact with Benteke's left heel. There is contact but not enough to cause a man of Benteke's size to go down.
There's no way it's a natural fall. He feels the contact and crumples like a stack of cards.
People keep talking about the defender's knee. What knee?
Soft but i think it's a penalty. That same amount of contact by say, the defender's foot, would be enough to trip a player up. That it came from the knee as he was pulling out shouldn't matter, it was still dumb. Benteke waited for it and sold it but the fault is with the defender.
I'd love to see a hidden camera show involving footballers, watching them throw themselves into the wall after stubbing their toe on the skirting board.
Well i watched a few times now and i dont see any, but even if there was, not enough to cause him to fall over , he dived pure and simple for me. I woukd be not lije to win a games like that.
He screamed on the way down like it was really painful. Dive for me. Still, that's football.
People saying he was stupid to 'touch' him. We're not playing a non contact sport here lads. It's ridiculous.
It is tragic, but I will pull through somehow.
Contact or not how the feck can Palace allow Benteke to be so close to goal in the 94th minute? It's just so poor by them, it's just like that Norwich game in January, Liverpool aren't doing anything great, the opponent's just hands it to them on a plate by being so braindead.
His right knee. You just need to watch his left foot and you'll see it knocked by his right knee. I do agree he decided not to try and regain balance with his right leg but I think he was knocked off balance and it was an obvious foul.
Defenders right knee hits Bentekes left foot. When youre standing, that wont take you down. When youre running, that will take you down.
Not all contact is a pen though, otherwise every game would see a dozen penalties
Even the minor contact 'could' trip him up. But looks very much like an ENORMOUS dive.
Penalty Pool, how do they do it?
Penalty Pool, how do they do it?
Football, more than any other sport I can think, is rife with diving and cheating (not to mention corruption at its governing board). You can't blame Benteke too much as this kind of shit is par the course at the top level of football.
My point exactly.
He makes it obvious by how he turns to the ref before he's even on the floor. Premeditated, knows what he's doing. He's not the first, won't be the last, it's the fault of the ref for buying it.
Last week against Arsenal is was Souness, Platt and Henry. This week it's James Morrison (current WBA player), Carragher and Henry. Where's the balance?
The lino was the one who bought it. Ref needed to consult him.
also the Big Club element
no way Palace are getting that at Anfield, the Kop would be completely revolting
no way Palace are getting that at Anfield, the Kop would be completely revolting
Valencia
The way his foot moves when the knee hits it looks natural to me, penalty imo.
yeh but this one was on his heels when he was running full tilt.
They usually draft in Dwight Yorke, Peter Schmeichel or someone else though. They were rubbing their hands last week waiting for United to be hammered, no one to say otherwise.
His knee contacted with Benteke's trailing leg. Running at speed it's easily enough to knock someone off balance. He sold it for sure but it's a stonewaller. I'm amazed there's even any debate here.
possibly a tiny little touch. whether that should bring a 6ft 3 16stone beast down is another question.
Absolutely brainless decision from the defender. 5seconds left, and Benteke would do very well to scoop that ball into anyone
I really hate Liverpool, and all those twats I deal with at work, but you can't say there was no contact unless you were in the incident.
it was whether it was enough to go over, being 16stone and 6ft 3!
Brwned's right, there was contact...whether it was enough to send him to the floor...
I think Klopp has turned the club around. Next season they will be formidable when he has got his own players in. These next two matches will be a small test of where both us and them are.
When youre running, even slight contact against your foot can knock you down (It will at least bring you off balance).