Football
Man City 3-3 Spurs: Experts discuss why City were denied by referee
During the Manchester City vs Tottenham Hotspur game of the ongoing English Premier League 2023-24, the Blue brigade, City were denied a late one-on-one at the end of 3-3 tie last weekend. During the dying moments of the game, Erling Haaland played Jack Grealish through on goal for a one-on-one, but after giving an advantage for a foul on Haaland by Emerson Royal, referee Simon Hooper brought the playback as Grealish brought the ball down.
Sky Sports experts have discussed the same and expressed their frustration over the same.
“The referee had a brilliant game today until this moment. I don’t understand it,” said Micah Richards.
“He’s entitled to make a mistake – but the problem I have with that is how many situations have we seen where play is allowed to go on [so VAR can check it].
“If you’re in doubt, just leave the play to go on and then you can bring it back.”
“The referee has made a mistake. It’s a poor call, he’s got it wrong.
“Grealish is through on goal and credit to him, he played advantage. But he’s got that [the decision to bring it back] wrong. We can all see that.
“It’s a poor decision, but City will be critical of themselves for letting Spurs off the hook. They can’t look at the referee for that one.”
