Look into my eyes: Atletico's Mariano Pernia, who was adjudged to have fouled Gerrard in the penalty box in front of the Kop, earned himself a yellow card for remonstrating with officials. Picture: EPAThe referee who gave Liverpool a late penalty had apologised. Well... it didn't matter. It won't change the result. If Atletico thought they have been robbed... well, tough luck. We had our own experience of being robbed by a bad referee decision.
Remember Rob Styles in the first meeting between LFC vs Chelsea last season (the inaugural goal by Torres of 33 goals)? It was obvious that Malouda thrown himself at our defenders but he was deemed as been fouled, thus the penalty decision which saw the game ended with a draw. Styles was promptly penalised by officiating a lower grade games. So I guess this latest controversy would see the same outcome. But the points we gained in the draw won't be rescinded.
The other English representatives in the Champion League today didn't register any positive result. Apparently, it wasn't just Liverpool or Chelsea had a bad day yesterday. The same faith fell onto Manure (1-1 against Celtic) and Arsenal (0-0 against Fenerbache). Though I must stressed Chelsea (the multimillionaire club) had the most peculiar circumstances when they were down by 1-3.
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Referee apologised? he is loco...he had a bad game. We had good cause for a penalty or two earlier in the game. He should apologise for those blunders. As gerrard said, the foul commited on him that resulted in the penalty, if it happened anywhere else, would have been a freekick. So why not a penalty in the box? Also with the other handballs the world saw happen in the box. If they had been outside the box, the ref would have awarded freekicks too. But penalties were not given because they happened in the box. I guess he feels guilty because he had a bad game, hence the apology.
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