Premiership 2015/2016

[Gingerfinch]

It looked prolonged enough to me.

[budgetmeansbudget]

See ya Milner you useless article.

[Aidan11]

LVG has Memphis on the bench.

I think he's putting too much faith in Rashford.

[budgetmeansbudget]

Liverpool played vastly better down to 10 men, shows how completely hopeless Milner is.

[Gingerfinch]

In his defense, he did take his goal well against City.

[Gingerfinch]

Did Benteke dive?

[budgetmeansbudget]

In his defense, he did take his goal well against City.

As I said at the time, he didn't have time to think and got lucky. Besides he's bound to do something right occasionally, law of averages.

No doubt he'll feature at the Euros, gawd help us.

[budgetmeansbudget]

Did Benteke dive?

I couldn't see any contact, although the commentator suggested the defender's knee clipped his foot.

[Aidan11]

Did Benteke dive?

I couldn't see any contact, although the commentator suggested the defender's knee clipped his foot.

Yes there was contact but I've seen penalties turned down for worse.

[Gingerfinch]

Most players go down as soon they get touched.

[budgetmeansbudget]

Most players go down as soon they get touched.

Benteke wasn't very convincing in his interview when asked if there was contact. He didn't seem sure, and could only say he wouldn't have gone down unless he had been touched!

[st_brendy]

It's one of those where I personally don't care about the contact. If the defender is stupid enough to dive in when there is absolutely no need to, then they deserve to be punished by a penalty. One of the worst pieces of defending all season. (But then Delaney is stealing a life as a PL CB).

[Aidan11]

Mata only has himself to blame there.

Needlessly booked for blocking a free kick was just plain silly. Both yellows were deserved.

[The Professor]

Mata only has himself to blame there.

Needlessly booked for blocking a free kick was just plain silly. Both yellows were deserved.

Silly boy

[budgetmeansbudget]

It's one of those where I personally don't care about the contact. If the defender is stupid enough to dive in when there is absolutely no need to, then they deserve to be punished by a penalty. One of the worst pieces of defending all season. (But then Delaney is stealing a life as a PL CB).

It wasn't a case of Benteke having to hurdle the challenge, those are situations for me, when non contact is still a foul as you have impeded the player. This was a situation where Benteke was ahead of the defender so if there was no contact there was no impedance and therefore no foul. If he did catch Benteke then the referee has to decide if it was sufficient to give a foul. In this case Mariner thought no foul and initially blew for a goal kick. His lino gave the foul and Mariner then awarded the penalty.