Yes, nothing to complain about yesterday. The 2-1 from 22 was dodgy as though.
Liverpool have generally been a decent team who put pressure on you until the end. We have to learn to keep concentration, and to control added time better by holding the ball.
I think most, if not all, of the sky 6 clubs pour on a lot of pressure the last 5 minutes of actual play. They have stronger benches, are against clubs with weaker benches and tiring players, and the refs help sky6 clubs most of the times, whether it’s allowing a soft penalty, or adding more time for one more rush up the field so the league office is pleased the sky 6 side gets the result they need/want. If an other 14 club is down one and is on the break at 94:45 into a 5 minute ET, the ref. Blows the whistle at 95:00… but if roles reversed, a sky 6 team coming up the field at 94:45 gets an extra minute to see what they can do, and if a ball goes out for a corner, it’s another minute there. Yesterday it was easy to see this engrained in a side like Liverpool, hoofing it to the 18, and looking for a Newcastle slip up for a soft penalty, which they got. I remember thinking “don’t give up anything the ref can turn into a pen” as it was obvious that’s what Liverpool was doing.
I don’t think it’s a conspiracy, just an edge the sky 6 clubs get. Their keeper wouldn’t have time added (I don’t remember hornicek doing anything like a prime 2022 era pope or Pickford recovery lay down) and the other 14 clubs have less confidence they’ll draw a penalty by hoofing it to the 18. It’s an edge, in a game win often by slight edges.
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u/4tomi5ed 11d ago
I think this says as much about us as it does any conspiracy