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Bournemouth 0 Liverpool 2 (Feb 1 2025)

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I’m going to break from the norm here and just go straight to an incident in the game and start with that. I’ll get to the actual match report in due course but I’m going to start with the penalty because nothing sums up just how absolutely fucked up football fans have become that this clear as day foul is somehow being made into a “controversial” decision.

 

I’ve just watched MOTD and the commentator said he was surprised it wasn’t overturned. Lineker, Given and whoever the other one was (I can’t remember) all said it was a pen but it was almost through gritted teeth. That’s bad enough, but there are people out there just flat out denying it’s a foul and honestly, it blows my mind.

 

What are we doing here? How have we reached this point where people can look at something and then wilfully just dismiss the evidence in front of their eyes? Not just on this, we saw it two weeks ago with the Havertz handball, which was a matter of fact and in no way a contentious decision, yet somehow still caused murder with people arguing it didn’t hit his arm when it’s there for the whole world to see.

 

And now have this. Gakpo apparently tripped himself up so therefore it’s not a penalty. Fucking hell, it’s embarrassing and just shows that some people genuinely do not have a clue about football. Anyone who uses the words “he tripped himself up” when describing an incident like this needs to be removed from football. Get out, you’re barred. You don’t have the mental capacity needed to watch this game. I’m not kidding. If you see a player trip himself like that, and you don’t automatically know that he’s been clipped, then you should never offer any opinion on football ever again.

 

I’ve said this before in the round ups as you tend to get one or two of these every season. If a player trips himself up, the first thing you always have to look for is the clip on the heel/calf that causes him to do it. Because it’s always there. Always. You can probably count on one hand the amount of times in the history of the game that a player has actually been able to trip himself like that with no contact, and frankly if a player has the body control and skill to be able to kick his own calf when running at full speed, then he deserves a fucking penalty! Because do you realise how hard it is to trip yourself up like that intentionally? And to do it at the precise moment when a defender is close enough to make it look like a penalty? Honestly, if you can do that then good luck to you, you deserve to be rewarded.

 

Players only go down in the way Gakpo did when they’ve been clipped. Yet so many people don’t understand that and trot out that ignorant “he tripped himself up!” bullshit. YES, BUT WHY DID HE TRIP HIMSELF, YOU THICK CUNT???? AAAARGGHHHHH!!!

 

There was a Bournemouth fan rang Cundy and O’Hara after the game adamant that “he tripped himself up” and no matter how many times Cundy told him it’s “100% a penalty as he was clipped” the fucking dope wouldn’t have it. Even Cundy was exasperated by it, and he hosts a show on Talksport where he often works with idiots and is regularly phoned by idiots.

 

It’s mental. The contact from Cook on Gakpo is clear on the replays, but even if it wasn’t that clear you’d still be able to tell because I’m telling you now there is no way that Cody would have been able to trip himself like that. Not to mention the fact he was about to get a shot away, so why would he? Besides, he’s a man of God, don’t question his integrity!


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In my lifetime a penalty awarded to LFC is usually controversial in the same way a last minute winner is lucky. Twas always thus.

 

Fuck em all. We won and we deserved it, and if you don't think it was a penalty you are Ray Charles.

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Great report Dave, couple of comments...

 

You have Gakpo on the pitch and an option from the bench. He's good, but not THAT good!

 

And then there's Uncle Uncontested? Sounds like a member of the Addams family (not Charlie as you would have said fat uncle uncontested).

 

One game at a time, next up Spurs.

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1 hour ago, tlw content said:

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I’m going to break from the norm here and just go straight to an incident in the game and start with that. I’ll get to the actual match report in due course but I’m going to start with the penalty because nothing sums up just how absolutely fucked up football fans have become that this clear as day foul is somehow being made into a “controversial” decision.

 

I’ve just watched MOTD and the commentator said he was surprised it wasn’t overturned. Lineker, Given and whoever the other one was (I can’t remember) all said it was a pen but it was almost through gritted teeth. That’s bad enough, but there are people out there just flat out denying it’s a foul and honestly, it blows my mind.

 

What are we doing here? How have we reached this point where people can look at something and then wilfully just dismiss the evidence in front of their eyes? Not just on this, we saw it two weeks ago with the Havertz handball, which was a matter of fact and in no way a contentious decision, yet somehow still caused murder with people arguing it didn’t hit his arm when it’s there for the whole world to see.

 

And now have this. Gakpo apparently tripped himself up so therefore it’s not a penalty. Fucking hell, it’s embarrassing and just shows that some people genuinely do not have a clue about football. Anyone who uses the words “he tripped himself up” when describing an incident like this needs to be removed from football. Get out, you’re barred. You don’t have the mental capacity needed to watch this game. I’m not kidding. If you see a player trip himself like that, and you don’t automatically know that he’s been clipped, then you should never offer any opinion on football ever again.

 

I’ve said this before in the round ups as you tend to get one or two of these every season. If a player trips himself up, the first thing you always have to look for is the clip on the heel/calf that causes him to do it. Because it’s always there. Always. You can probably count on one hand the amount of times in the history of the game that a player has actually been able to trip himself like that with no contact, and frankly if a player has the body control and skill to be able to kick his own calf when running at full speed, then he deserves a fucking penalty! Because do you realise how hard it is to trip yourself up like that intentionally? And to do it at the precise moment when a defender is close enough to make it look like a penalty? Honestly, if you can do that then good luck to you, you deserve to be rewarded.

 

Players only go down in the way Gakpo did when they’ve been clipped. Yet so many people don’t understand that and trot out that ignorant “he tripped himself up!” bullshit. YES, BUT WHY DID HE TRIP HIMSELF, YOU THICK CUNT???? AAAARGGHHHHH!!!

 

There was a Bournemouth fan rang Cundy and O’Hara after the game adamant that “he tripped himself up” and no matter how many times Cundy told him it’s “100% a penalty as he was clipped” the fucking dope wouldn’t have it. Even Cundy was exasperated by it, and he hosts a show on Talksport where he often works with idiots and is regularly phoned by idiots.

 

It’s mental. The contact from Cook on Gakpo is clear on the replays, but even if it wasn’t that clear you’d still be able to tell because I’m telling you now there is no way that Cody would have been able to trip himself like that. Not to mention the fact he was about to get a shot away, so why would he? Besides, he’s a man of God, don’t question his integrity!

 

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That same Bournemouth fan was adamant that Trent gave away a pen for handball !

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Great report, Dave, as usual. I don’t really get the introduction though. Controversies are part of public life, it’s true in football. I don’t care at all what other fans or pundits believe.

 

Bournemouth were good and so were we as you wrote. Semenyo and Kerkez are so strong, good and dynamic.  They made me think of the Robbo / Mané combo. We should be all over Kerkez who’s going to be a superstar. 
Jones played really well, his play on the second goal is lovely from the beginning. What a player, can’t believe some still think he’s crap.  
 

That was a cracking game, we could have lost, but we won, we all know that’s championship material when you won and it could have been the other way round.

 

I don’t care about Spurs, we’re chasing the 2 big trophies, twice we lost the right path by chasing everything. Stay focused.

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Great report that Dave, I just thought it was a great game of football,both teams just putting 100% effort in and it’s a great feeling to come out on top.

I wouldn’t be surprised if them daft cunt Arsenal fans say Darren England only gave us that penalty to make up for the VAR fuck up against spurs last season 

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14 hours ago, redinblack said:

In my lifetime a penalty awarded to LFC is usually controversial in the same way a last minute winner is lucky. Twas always thus.

 

Fuck em all. We won and we deserved it, and if you don't think it was a penalty you are Ray Charles.

And every incident in our games (those in our favour) - however innocuous - gets scrutinised in minute detail on RefWatch…. as the penalty will be today. 

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I stayed with some B'mouth fans over the weekend and we agreed the pen looked soft until we watched MOTD. At that point everyone was happy the correct decision had been made. Wow also thought MOTD had provided an unbalanced view of the game. Made it appear they were all over us but, in reality, as the report highlights, we had more shots, more possession and a much better xG.

 

Game might have ended differently but Champions win games like that.

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Don't know what the protocol for checking offside is? Not for the first we see var checking, talking to each other with the invariable commentary team "it's close/tough to call" as for their disallowed goal.

Then we hear, here come the lines and it's plain to see it's offside.

Why don't they draw the lines first?

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It's another big away win ticked off, mentality monster stuff. Many more to come and I'm not expecting Arsenal to hand it to us on a plate so we will have to keep going. 

 

The derby next, yet again we are coming up against a team on top of their form so a massive test. After the dismal performance last year we owe it to ourselves to show grit and do the job. Not arsed about the 2 Cup games. A bonus if we win but 100% focus on the league 

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4 hours ago, DalyanPete said:

Don't know what the protocol for checking offside is? Not for the first we see var checking, talking to each other with the invariable commentary team "it's close/tough to call" as for their disallowed goal.

Then we hear, here come the lines and it's plain to see it's offside.

Why don't they draw the lines first?

 

But then, where would the drama and controversy come from?

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On 02/02/2025 at 19:42, CrownPaints said:

You have Gakpo on the pitch and an option from the bench. He's good, but not THAT good!

 

And then there's Uncle Uncontested? Sounds like a member of the Addams family (not Charlie as you would have said fat uncle uncontested).

 

Always throw in one or two to see who's paying attention. It's usually Trumo.

 

On 02/02/2025 at 20:31, The wanderer said:

That same Bournemouth fan was adamant that Trent gave away a pen for handball !

 

Yeah I heard that, almost mentioned it in the report but felt like I'd said enough already. The more the soft cunt spoke the more apparent it was that he hadn't seen any replays of either incident and was still arguing with Cundy, who had seen replays and was trying to explain to him he was talking shite. The fella was an absolute helmet.

 

23 hours ago, Arnaud said:

Great report, Dave, as usual. I don’t really get the introduction though. Controversies are part of public life, it’s true in football. I don’t care at all what other fans or pundits believe.

 

Some incidents should be above controversy though. Like this one, when you can clearly see what happened, and yet you've still got people stirring the pot and encouraging the bellends.

 

6 hours ago, DalyanPete said:

Don't know what the protocol for checking offside is? Not for the first we see var checking, talking to each other with the invariable commentary team "it's close/tough to call" as for their disallowed goal.

Then we hear, here come the lines and it's plain to see it's offside.

Why don't they draw the lines first?

 

The funny thing about this one (I thought about mentioning it in the report but didn't bother) was that the online loons are crying conspiracy because of a line that goes through Konate's leg and not where his foot was. The reason for that was Konate had already been cleared, and they were drawing a second line to check where Van Dijk was. Didn't stop Arsenal twitter from losing what's left of their minds though.

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On 03/02/2025 at 04:24, Arnaud said:

Great report, Dave, as usual. I don’t really get the introduction though. Controversies are part of public life, it’s true in football. I don’t care at all what other fans or pundits believe.

 

Bournemouth were good and so were we as you wrote. Semenyo and Kerkez are so strong, good and dynamic.  They made me think of the Robbo / Mané combo. We should be all over Kerkez who’s going to be a superstar. 
Jones played really well, his play on the second goal is lovely from the beginning. What a player, can’t believe some still think he’s crap.  
 

That was a cracking game, we could have lost, but we won, we all know that’s championship material when you won and it could have been the other way round.

 

I don’t care about Spurs, we’re chasing the 2 big trophies, twice we lost the right path by chasing everything. Stay focused.

No i love a good Usher rant

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I remember when penalties were awarded if you were tripped and unable to avoid falling. What’s with this ‘There was contact, if he felt it…he’s entitled to go down” bollocks?

 

FUCK OFF!!!

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Remember that awful fucking penalty that Robert Pires contrived to ‘win’. Deliberately stuck his leg out to make contact, then chose to fall over. Cunt should have been banned for life. That’s when the rot set in….

 

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In rebuttal of Dave's "no professional footballer ever trips himself up" I recall Jota was sent off in the infamous Spurs away game because their player fell over his own feet. Same game when Curtis Jones received a straight red card after being pushed, connecting with the ball but catching the opponent. 

 

Come to think of it,  we've had some outrageous decisions v Spurs over the last few years, the game when Kane was yards offside but Lovren touched the through ball and they got a last minute penalty with a massive dive after the linesman overruled that fat cunt of a ref. 

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2 hours ago, beejay said:

In rebuttal of Dave's "no professional footballer ever trips himself up" I recall Jota was sent off in the infamous Spurs away game because their player fell over his own feet. Same game when Curtis Jones received a straight red card after being pushed, connecting with the ball but catching the opponent. 

 

Come to think of it,  we've had some outrageous decisions v Spurs over the last few years, the game when Kane was yards offside but Lovren touched the through ball and they got a last minute penalty with a massive dive after the linesman overruled that fat cunt of a ref. 

 

Jota clipped his heel, it's basically the same as the Gakpo one. Only slight contact but enough to cause the player to trip himself. It only takes the slightest touch, like an ankle tap in rugby. Yellow card is harsh for those though.

 

And yeah, we have been massively done over in games v Spurs. More so than against anyone else, weirdly.

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I remember that one, but he didn't clip his own heel, he kicked the turf and tripped himself that way. I don't think it was deliberate either, just clumsy.

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