• soulban3@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    City fans think they can push the goalie into the net if he has the ball and it should count. It’s no surprise they try to also justify holding the keeper’s arm down.

  • MikePap@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I love that people say it’s not a foul. Even my girlfriend that doesn’t even watch football told me “are you allowed to grab the guy’s hand?” Lol

  • abc_yxz@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Clear as day foul. Akanji knew what he was doing before Alisson even began to jump.

    Alanji tried a similar ‘lean’ later in the match too, as if pushing a GK into across their own goal line with the ball in their gloves would somehow count. That was also correctly called as a foul.

    • JianJiaHei@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      I mean, why not?

      What is the penalty for the outfield player for pushing a keeper? At best you get a goal, at worst you give away a free kick. Sure, you might cancel a goal that was going to score regardless, but that probability is so much smaller than forcing an undue goal.

    • yogurtp@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Never know in the PL. Hard to criticize players for trying this sort of thing with the chaotic standards.

  • nofranchise@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Absolutely incredible amount of morons in here without a clue about the rules of the game.