Topic: Half Time: Manchester City 0-0 Liverpool

[12C]

Oliver is a clown and should be nowhere near the Prem.

His hair product means he will succeed Clattenburg as the top ref.
After midweeks showing how is anywhere near a premier league game is outrageous.

[jillcwhomever]

we should have a penalty on Wijnaldum....

poor referee...

we are still in game...i expect more from Firmino though :/

Did any of our players even appeal for it though? I didn't see anyone put their hand up for it, which I find bizarre. We need to get a bit smarter there, everyone else does it.

[John C]

Henderson would be right in Oliver's grid if he was playing.

[Fruity]

Another shit stream for this one. Constantly buffering. Could have had goals either end. A few players need to liven up in our attack as well. City's heads could drop if they go a goal behind so we need to definitely score first if we want to get anything out of this.

[El Lobo]

Excellent corner on 27 mins by Coutinho

[HeartAndSoul]

This ref is a c*nt. Booking our players for nothing fouls then letting their players get away with everything. How the fuck didn't we get a penalty. They've had a few great chances too. Their wingers are causing us big trouble

[vicar]

Riding our luck. Need to put more pressure on Toure I think they will tire as the game goes on.

Mane was unlucky, it was accidental but still stopped him scoring, needed to get a bit further across.

Toure is lucky to be on the pitch after that high foot.

[LovelyCushionedHeader]

How was that not a pen for Mane? Also, the ref is fucking shite- so one sided in his bookings for us and not giving them any. Otamendi, Fernandinho and De Bruyne should have been booked for them and Toure should be off

Agree on the rest but no way was that a penalty. He kicked Otamendi with his backswing.

[adruk87]

BLATANT penalty and red card not given. ARRRGGHHH.

For the challenge on Sterling? Defo wasn't a peno for Mane.

Got better as the half went on, hopefully they will tire having played midweek.

[[new username under construction]]

Can we please stop allowing players to ghost in at our back post unmarked?!

Sterling and Fernandinho on a couple of occasions.

Otherwise playing really well and unlucky not to score.

Probably if we get a good left back

[KiNki]

Oliver has been weak, yellow for firmino and matip. No red for toure's dreadful challenge.

[Father Ted]

Oliver adds a random element to any game, booking Firmino for a fine tackle in which he clearly won the ball is just one example.

Good to see Raheem still hasn't mastered the basics of the offside rule, nor putting away easy chances.

Coutinho's been pretty poor yet again.

[SerbianScouser]

They'll be feeling the effects of Monaco game soon. We should be the fresher side last half-hour , gotta take advantage of that.

[The Gigi]

It's a very open game to be honest. It could have been 1-0 to them or 1-0 to us.

I'm still confident we can nick this one but we need to be more solid at the back. Sane and Silva in particular are very dangerous.

Come on you Redmen !!!!!!

[scalatore]

Very entertaining match so far. Refereeing has been poor though.

[lgvkarlos]

Utterly atrocious from the idiot.

He booked Matip just to keep the crowd happy.

[nutmeg94]

Agree with the Can praise, he's played well considering the lack of time in midfield. We should be behind though. Hopefully we improve. Exciting match

[JackWard33]

Stop banging on about the ref - he didn't give a stonewaller to them (Milner on Sterling) so....

[sms1986]

I'm sicked and tired of us being a "good" team. Fucking hell, can you imagine if Herrera got booted like Can did? He would have made a fucking meal out of it and rightly so. Straight fucking red, that said Oliver is a soft c*nt, it happened right in front of his eyes. Not to mention two penalty calls which went unnoticed. Fucking hate city fans they're bunch of... We can win this. Come on redmen!

Exactly, Herrera is a little weasel, but he gets what he wants by acting like that. If the referee isn't 100% sure what decision to take, it helps if you at least make some noise and try and win the decision.

[na fir dearg]

What the hell is up with Coutinho 

[Lee-87]

On another note, i like Gary Neville, but his commentating is hard work of late.

I had to find an NBC stream to get away from the twat, worst commentary going, worse than his boring arse brother or Owen.

[acks]

Whats happened to Coutinho, because he seems like he can't get with the pace of the game.

[Fitzy.]

You'd think City weren't a top class attacking unit. We've done pretty well to keep chances slim.

[Phil M]

Probably if we get a good left back

Or sufficient cover from Coutinho.

[pyroparty]

Stop banging on about the ref - he didn't give a stonewaller to them (Milner on Sterling) so....

  Drivel.

[deFacto please, you bastards]

Can has been really good so far

Coutinho non existant

Milner doing the best he can to prevent Sterling.

Should have been a red for Toure and a penalty for us.

[SerbianScouser]

Defo wasn't a peno for Mane.

You haven't seen the replays. It was a stonewall penalty.

[Bunter]

Need more of our attackers to getting involve and step up a gear.

[88_RED]

Slow start and improved a bit as the half went on. Getting carved open so often though, a bit fortunate not to have conceded.

Or a bit unfortunate not to have scored..

[Robinred]

Like Oliver as a ref, but one City snide got Matip booked with a laughable overreaction, and Fernandinho somehow escaped one.

Playing some good stuff, should have had a pen (but it's an easy one for Oliver to miss, and they had one declined too), but their long diagonals to their wingers are causing us problems. Sane is dangerous, but doesn't track back.

[The Final Third]

Chances both ends and unusually good defending from both sides. I thought Oliver would at least award one of the two decent penalty shouts. Still we've come into the game nicely and got our rhythm back.

Fernandinio is indeed playing RB.

[robertobaggio37]

Agree on the rest but no way was that a penalty. He kicked Otamendi with his backswing.

Just beacuse Neville said so? I bet you he would have given it happened it the other way around.

[AaronSingh25]

Doing well last 20, git to watch those 1-2's on the flanks and how the fuck didn't Sterling score there, hats off to Milner.

Hardly, how on earth has Sterling got a run on him so far ahead. That's their big tactic, quick move down the flanks and hit across the goal. We don't seem to have an answer for it.

[rawcusk8]

Why on earth did Cann get back up after that tackle from Toure? Utter stupidity. They should have two red cards.

On another note, i like Gary Neville, but his commentating is hard work of late.

Really?

Haha the twats in the sky studio desperate for city to have a pen.

[tubby]

Can is putting out fires all over the midfield at the moment, had a really good half.  The Mane one wasn't a pen, he kicked Otamendi but Toure would've been off had Can made a huge meal of it, he did him a real favour there.

City should've had a pen for Milner on Sterling but fuck him who cares.

[Pistolero]

Fortunate not to be behind. The big players need to wake up / show up

[Wool]

Guess they should have had a pen as well lol. Decent half.

[Malcolm Night]

Exciting half, both should have scored at least once. Michael Oliver though, completely incompetent once again - how was that not a pen and a red card when Otamendi fouled Mane?

looking a bit sloppy at times, Coutinho's been poor (his form is worrying) and Klavan awful. Pleased to see Can and Migs playing really well though. We've got enough to beat them in the 2nd half

[LovelyCushionedHeader]

You haven't seen the replays. It was a stonewall penalty.

It really, really wasn't.

[Nick110581]

Oliver is a dreadful ref.