MANCHESTER CITY v TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR - Off day for Spurs
Sunday 16 March 2008
After suffering the disappointment of a UEFA Cup exit on penalties in midweek, Tottenham Hotspur returned to the Premier League and suffered two erroneous offside decisions that turned victory in to defeat. Stephen Ireland’s equaliser for Manchester City was clearly shown to be offside. Spurs subsequently appeared to have clinched a point late in the game with Darren Bent’s close range effort only to be denied by the assistant ref’s flag. Although Dimitar Berbatov was in an offside position, he didn’t gain an advantage or interfere with play or an opponent so was not committing an offence.
The Right Result is a 2-1 win for Tottenham Hotspur.
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1. Stephen Burrows | March 19th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
This ignores the two handball incidents in the penalty area in the first half that weren’t given against Spurs. The first could have been a penalty, but the second should have been a penalty AND a sending off, as it was on the goal-line. So the score should probably have been 3-2 to City, ignoring the fact that Spurs might not have scored a second if they had been a man down.
2. steve | March 19th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
good comments Stephen, my question is why has right result ignored these? now the first block may have been a little harsh, but the second off the line was a clear arm movement towards the ball, and so a pen and sending off!!
good job were not Everton and Bitter about goal difference!!!
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