EPL Review: Manchester United beat Tottenham thanks to a refereeing howler!!
By ram_cv
@ram_cv (16513)
India
October 30, 2010 10:49pm CST
In what has to go down as the most bizarre goal of the season and worst refereeing moment, Nani scored the goal that settled the game for Man U who ended up winning 2-0 against a battling Tottenham. Tottenham were good value for money, but gave up a soft goal in the first half and then the refereeing howler by Mark Clattenburg ended any hopes of coming back.
Did you see the refereeing howler? What is your take on that?
Cheers!
Ram
4 responses
@loyski (15)
• Philippines
2 Nov 10
I'm not a football expert but I think it's a legitimate goal. Players should always play to the whistle. It's like in other sports, unless the referees blew his whistle to signal a stoppage in play, then the players should play. Even if I don't like the manner in which the goal was scored, it should be accepted as legitimate.
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
1 Nov 10
I do not have a problem with referee awarding the goal. The question is why was no free kick signaled when Nani put his hand on the ball. It was deliberate, as per the law he should have got a yellow card for that!! I think it was a horrendous refereeing work from Mark Clattenburg.
Cheers!
Ram
@stormragetz (567)
• Singapore
31 Oct 10
It was certainly a very funny goal. You can either blame the referee who didn't spot the handball, or blame Gomes who thought it was a free kick when the referee didn't blow his whistle. Well, at least Nani looked at the referee for confirmation first before scoring.
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@Glennbradbury (367)
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31 Oct 10
I did see the match and it was a strange goal. Nani even seemed to almost stop. If the referee had not blown his whistle then it is really the goalkeepers fault but the linesman did seem to over rule the goal.
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