Tottenham at Anfield, February 4th 2018

[Jenson]

We were shite second half but spurs are a good side. First half we had a number of good positions but the final ball just let us down.

 

I’m not getting all the negativity about top 4, we’re still 3rd and out of the top teams we’ve only got Utd and Chelsea left to play. 2nd is still well within our reach.

[The Golden Eel]

The gif's been posted in the thread and Sky have shown it about 10 times since it happened. I'm afraid you just don't know what you're talking about, and calling it a "boot" seals that. 

 

On the contrary, you clearly seem to have completely missed the point.

[Sweeney287]

Had the fortune of watching it on Bein and they're give a much better, less unbiased (even with Andy Gray) view of the game.

[Moo]

What is the actual rule here because it's pretty fucking crucial given that the linesman clearly knew he was offside and the penalty was solely given because of Lovren's touch

According to Dermot Gallagher, yeah I know, the rule is that once Lovren touches it the original offside is no longer relevant and the ball is back in play. Must say I've never heard it clarified quite like that before but surely he's not going to go on telly with time to review the decision then get the rule completely wrong, is he?

[Oh Buoy]

Thought TAA was excellent today.

 

Put in some beauties into the Spurs box. 

[Moo]

What is the actual rule here because it's pretty fucking crucial given that the linesman clearly knew he was offside and the penalty was solely given because of Lovren's touch

Edit, duplicate post

[El Rojo]

The gif's been posted in the thread and Sky have shown it about 10 times since it happened. I'm afraid you just don't know what you're talking about, and calling it a "boot" seals that.

Give it a rest. Even on here people are split on whether it was a foul or not. It’s not definitive even with that clip.

[Ne Moe Imya]

No, I'm saying that it would be pretty magical for that van Dijk hoof to have not touched him but for him to have gone down clutching the exact part of his leg where it would have contatced him seeing as he wasn't even looking at him at the time. 

 

Haha, go watch it lad, you're making a tit of yourself.

 

Van Dijk has clearly pulled out of the challenge, his foot never even touches Lamela. His knee kind of brushes his lower back as he pulls out.

[Guest Alex_K]

Depends how the players respond. They look tired. Salah and Mane will need to be absolutely on it, or every game will be a total dogfight. There’s too little verve and skill coming from the rest of the pitch. Lots of games against deep lying teams could be a nightmare for us.

[TheHowieLama]

Had the fortune of watching it on Bein and they're give a much better, less unbiased (even with Andy Gray) view of the game.

 

Did we win that one?

[Anubis]

No, I'm saying that it would be pretty magical for that van Dijk hoof to have not touched him but for him to have gone down clutching the exact part of his leg where it would have contatced him seeing as he wasn't even looking at him at the time.

If he's thrown himself backwards and fallen to the floor playacting, I don't think he's going to be arsed about correct anatomical clutching. He'll clutch wherever he feels is to best effect. Like players who get an arm across their upper chest and go down clutching their face.

[Trumo]

Didn't get to see the game and only caught the brief highlights on the news. From that it is hard to gauge how the game went. Salah took his first goal well and was brilliant with the second. Our players were caught ball-watching a little bit for Wanyama's goal (which 99 times out of a 100 will fly high and wide, just like that goal Jagielka got a few years ago). The first penalty should not have been given as the officials fucked up an obvious offside call, and the second looked soft. Lamela was obviously milking whatever contact there was (and Spurs' players have a habit of leaving a trailing leg and milking contact) from Van Dijk, but Van Dijk's moment of hesitance didn't help him either.

[Red74]

We need to be streetwise to fuck in this game today. Every time they come near our players we should be going to ground and picking up free kicks (and the odd yellow) wherever we can. Watching them against the mancs the other day and they dominated them with ease so we need to be cute here as these fucks will be throwing themselves all over the place when they get near our box and we can’t afford to be letting Erikson get within range.

Told yer

[Sweeney287]

Did we win that one?

Did you not see the perfect hatrick from Gini?

[J-V]

What is the actual rule here because it's pretty fucking crucial given that the linesman clearly knew he was offside and the penalty was solely given because of Lovren's touch

 

Lovren's touch backwards was accidental so the Offside counts.  Amazing how the Linesman was to much of a shithouse to enforce the actual rule with the ref in front of him but happy to rob us with VVD when it worked against us.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

Watch the first angle.

 

VVD's left boot. Lamela's calf.

 

He goes down easily, but it's a blatant penalty. There's clear contact.

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/ExtraTan/status/960226081188950016/video/1

[3 Stacks]

Give it a rest. Even on here people are split on whether it was a foul or not. It’s not definitive even with that clip.

 

Then I'm sorry, but they're not being honest with themselves. 

[The Golden Eel]

Haha, go watch it lad, you're making a tit of yourself.

 

Van Dijk has clearly pulled out of the challenge, his foot never even touches Lamela. His knee kind of brushes his lower back as he pulls out.

 

OK then, "lad". Interesting though that Lamela goes down clutching his calf when it would have been a better bluff to hold his back seeing as that's the only contact in your opinion. 

[TheHowieLama]

Didn't get to see the game and only caught the brief highlights on the news. From that it is hard to gauge how the game went. Salah took his first goal well and was brilliant with the second. Our players were caught ball-watching a little bit for Wanyama's goal (which 99 times out of a 100 will fly high and wide, just like that goal Jagielka got a few years ago). The first penalty should not have been given as the officials fucked up an obvious offside call, and the second looked soft. Lamela was obviously milking whatever contact there was (and Spurs' players have a habit of leaving a trailing leg and milking contact) from Van Dijk, but Van Dijk's moment of hesitance didn't help him either.

 

 

We stuffed them the first half (Mane and Firmino not quite at the races or we could have had another) - second half they swapped Alli into the center and moved Son between the lines and ran the show. We had no idea how to counter that.

 

A point is a good result tbh.

[El Rojo]

Then I'm sorry, but they're not being honest with themselves.

So you can’t accept that two people might interpret something differently?

[Oh Buoy]

Watch the first angle.

 

VVD's left boot. Lamela's calf.

 

He goes down easily, but it's a blatant penalty. There's clear contact.

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/ExtraTan/status/960226081188950016/video/1

 

Just waiting for 3 Stacks to confirm from 5 other angles. 

 

Unconfirmed yet, John Moss awaiting executive decision......

[Jennings]

Told yer

I wouldn't want to watch a team adopt those tactics. I'd rather it was eradicated by decent officiating.

[Captain Turdseye]

Then I'm sorry, but they're not being honest with themselves.

But Lamela was offside anyway. VAR sees them get neither pen. Granted we probably wouldn’t have scored the second as they were all over us but our goals were both legit. They were gifted two pens.

[jsjazz]

So Lamela falls down clutching the exact part of his leg that van Dijk hasn't kicked? 

van Dijk flicked his calf, Lamella went down clutching the back of his thigh.

[Ne Moe Imya]

OK then, "lad". Interesting though that Lamela goes down clutching his calf when it would have been a better bluff to hold his back seeing as that's the only contact in your opinion.