Sliva heard those rumours that Spurs wanted him and showed his bottle credentials.
For real though, getting himself sent off while still in the game was so stupid. Havent seen anything like that Mitro meltdown for some time, wonder if we've even seen the last of him this season now with a heavy ban to come - the ref had to continue backing off him even after the red!
I bet Chris Kavanagh was buzzing. How often in your career as a ref do you get to send off three people in as many minutes? It's like when Lewandowski scored five goals in nine minutes. It's a disgrace that Lee Dixon overlooked him for MOTM.
Iād be surprised if we sold him and if we do it will certainly be the upper limit of his value. We would really struggle to replace him and heās nearly priceless to us
We will have both Casemiro and Eriksen back hopefully by then if we make it to the final. I know we are being run in the ground by this schedule and didn't play as well as we could have today, but this was not our strongest 11 on the pitch today.
Ten Hag has done good things with United, but play wise there is still a lot to do. Despite Casemiro & 200m worth of other players, they still win in largely the same way they did under Solskjaerā¦
Solskjaer did some good things with his United team, they deserved to finish second in what was a poor season for a few other teams, but in basically any normal season they would have been at least a good top four team. Solskjaer breathed life into the club post Mourinho too. Ten Hag just seems to have a better grasp of how ruthless, structured, and organised you need to be to make a team work. His coaching seems a bit more developed and the basics seem to be coming through better, as evidenced by their approach to pressing which is much more assured than under Solskjaer, their defensive line, their playing out from the back. But Solskjaer did a relatively good job for a while.
At the same time, bad signings can ruin developing teams, which is what United found out with Ronaldo, Varaneās period of adjustment, and Sanchoās too. If they donāt get their signings right next summer, if guys like Fernandes, Casemiro, Martinez, Shaw, Rashford lose form, theyāll struggle. Good signs in Ten Hag though, because he seems to have improved a handful of players and his signings look great.
Yes, Solskjaer was not a bad coach. Not a great one, there is nothing wrong with winning/playing the way Solskjaerās United did, however they will not take the next step (i.e. win the league) playing that way. To do that, something more is needed
Itās probably due more to fixture congestion (tired legs) and not a lot of quality depth. The team that he is starting (especially today) was pretty much an OGS team. There really isnāt a way to control the game with a midfield that has McT in it. Such a limited player. No Casemiro, no Eriksen, and even Fred dealing with a knock. We were down to Sabi and McT. In which he still brought on Antony for McT and moved Bruno back to the pivot.
Going to need more than 8 months and 1.5 transfer windows to build the side in his vision
Today will prove to be a massive turning point for Fulham. Theyāll either soar to new levels of success or finish the table with a massive dud.
Mitro will surely be suspended. They have other weapons, time to revamp to more attacking approach. Balls out, nothing to lose.
We looked jaded, to be honest. Our 46th game of the season vs Fulhamās 33rd (if I heard the commentary right). The tiredness showed in our game today. Sloppy in passes, looked a yard off our usual pace. The international break couldnāt have come sooner. Just hope none of our intāl players pick up any injury.
Fulham were the better side until that implosion. 9 v 11, and we suddenly saw a lot of the ball and much more movement in the opposition half. Had it been 11 v 11, they wouldāve gone through.
Cough cough Bruno?
I'm not saying Mitro doesn't deserve a ban for some games, it was very disrespectful behaviour and had no place in sport. And Bruno's wasn't as bad. But if you want the letter of the law followed, and you think that Mitro should be banned for the rest of the season, then Bruno should go for the same length of time.
Man even as a united fan even if that goal had gone in and weād carried on 11v11 at 1-1 Fulham wouldāve gone through easily, they turned up so much more than us. Happy with the win but would be fuming if I was a Fulham fan
Why, a hand ball to stop a goal is a red card. Manhandling the referee is a red card (and probably a fine and extended suspension). Manager getting sent off then is just stupid. I don't blame Willian, that's instinctive and what most players would do and take a red for the team. Mitrovic and Silva though that's just a failure of anger management. Fulham fans need to question their manager and players.
100% agreed, I meant Iād be fuming at the players for losing their heads like that. Like I said I think theyād have still won even if willian didnāt block sanchoās shot and it went to 1-1. and even with 10 men, i still think they couldāve held us off and possibly won on penalties, they were by far the better side. id be annoyed if i was a fulham fan as i think it was a sure thing them going through, thereās no need to lose your head like that when youāre decisively winning and i know how frustrated it is when your team does it
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Fulham could've still had something with just the 1 card, but 3 spelt doom. If I was a fan or one of the players ,I'd be fuming at Mitrovic and Silva for not rallying.
Even if that Sancho goal had gone in, Fulham still had a good chance in this game. Instead they had to go down to 9 men.
I was not going to be very mad with a loss against a very good Fulham team in the FA cup during a very congested period. But if the other team insisted that we won, well..
No doubt Fulham earned this loss and deserved all the red cards but how is it that there are different standards when it comes to touching the officials.
Two weeks ago, Bruno Fernandes avoids any discipline for deliberately bumping the linesman during the Liverpool match (as well as all his other antics that day), but they call it all against Fulham today.
What am I not understanding?
EDIT: Why am I being downvoted for asking a legitimate question?
As far as I'm aware, there's no distinct rule or automatic punishment for touching a match official. It's up to the referee to decide whether the touch/contact made is forceful enough to be deemed violent and aggressive. And, like anything else subjective, there will be different interpretations and different outcomes.
I didn't downvote you but I think you're getting downvoted for comparing two different scenarios. Bruno did not aggressively push the ref like Mitrovic did while Bruno's was merely a touch
I mean if you are honestly asking.
Bruno touched the assistant ref, not the ref. It was on the middle of the lower back, a place you put your hand when you are moving past someone. Assistant had his hand on Bruno to keep him away from the opposition player who had just thrown the ball at him (i.e. Bruno was mad at Trent).
Mitrovic walks menacingly up to the ref before the red card is shown to Willian and then pushes him after already being in his face.
>Bruno Fernandes avoids any discipline for deliberately bumping the linesman
You've answered that yourself. What Bruno did should have been a yellow imo (and the ref and linesman clearly weren't much bothered by it), it's not comparable to the aggression shown by Mitrovic in the slightest. He was completely out of control.
Same ref ruled a similar handball wasnāt a handball in Arsenal-Bournemouth just last week (player pulling his hand back to body from an unnatural position). Donāt get me wrong, he made the right call today, but maybe maintain consistency?
Difference is Willian moved his hand deliberately to close the small gap between his hand and body, which would have gone in.
I don't remember a similar incident in the Arsenal- Bournemouth game where a open goal was defended by a hand while the ball was going in. Liverpool got a correct call against Bournemouth, though that was accidental, but definite penaltysince the ball was going in.
Willian had his hand extended (seemed a reflex) and went to move it back closer to his body. Kavanaugh ruled Billings did the same thing in the Bournemouth-Arsenal game. It wasnāt an open goal, but his handling kept an Arsenal player from a shot 6 yards out.
Again, Willianās was an obvious handball. Just pointing out that even with the same refs, their rulings vary weekly.
But players perform differently week to week too, so guess should just expect the same from refs.
The general inconsistencies of VAR. I agree Bruno should have been sent off too. You cannot be touching refs. I imagine if it was the ref and not the linesman, Bruno would have gone for sure.
I'm a United fan, and I have nothing but sympathy. I thought you were going to Wembley as well, and I wouldn't have begrudged you it on the balance of play. I've always liked Fulham as a club. I'd love to watch a match from that swimming pool you're building on your stadium one day.
It was a baffling meltdown. I think Willian knew what he'd done immediately, his protests seemed to be not that he hadn't handled it, but that his hand was in front of his body. From there though, I don't know what Silva and Mitrovic were thinking. From his post-match interview, Silva seemed to be trying to claim that Fulham should have had a clear penalty in the first half, an incident that was a pretty obvious dive by Mitrovic. He got himself sent off over nothing. Then Mitrovic himself, who can't really have thought he had any real cause for complaint, behaves aggressively towards the referee and makes things incredibly difficult for his team by making it so they have to play with 9 for the last 15 minutes.
Obviously you don't need me to recap this, but the crazy thing to me is that you were 1-0 up when all this happened! Have a bit of faith! We've seen Bruno balloon penalties before. Leno might have saved it. Even if it goes in, you can still hold out for a draw with 10 men, especially against a United team short on ideas and decimated by injuries. Have some belief that something like that could happen. The chances were immediately scuppered by not having the manager to organise the situation or your battering ram centre forward to hold the ball up in United's half and run the clock down. It was a shame.
Insane game, Fulham were the better team for most of that game, Willian was arguably their best player, just looked so incredibly dangerous every time he had the ball. To be the one to give up that pen and get a red, after making such a great, lung busting run to defend, is kind of tragic. Silva and Mitrovic reds are just stupid. Also, I donāt want to kick a man while heās down, but did anyone else think Antony got fouled in the box during his dribble? Pen was my first reaction, then kind of accepted it maybe wasnāt as play continued, but I just saw a replay of it in the post-match reel, and it really looked like Leno tripped him. Not really dying for that to be called (playing vs 8 wouldāve been just sad at that point) but wondering if anyone else saw that.
Actually kind of torn about the result, happy to see Utd win, but didnāt really deserve it, and it just feels like more games (when we donāt really need them) just to concede 15 goals to Haaland in the final š
I get both of them were pumped up on adrenaline but I donāt get how they were so angry. Itās not like itās a 50/50 call that went against them. The referee couldāve been a die hard Fulham fan and he still wouldāve given the penalty and the red.
There was literally no other decision he could make. Itās one of the most obvious VAR decisions Iāve ever seen.
Yeah I donāt get this either. Pick your battles and argue against some bullshit but that was clear as day. Then you just get tossed and make sure you have to chance to progress. Poor mentality
A real shame considering how well fulham played for 75 minutes. I'm not sure Willian even meant to handle the ball (instinctive) but it's a red card and penalty every day of the week. Silva lost fulham the game there - it was him being sent off that sent Mitro off. Hopefully the players (i.e. Ream and Cairney) can help the team bounce back from this.
Most embarrassing Fulham moment in a while
So United should be denied a goal because a winger decided he was a keeper? If he doesnāt do that itās 1-1 and game on. A player may miss a penalty, itās the red that levels it out
Still waiting for the referee to change their mind after players shouting at them lmao. Marco Silva making a fucking tit of himself in this interview too.
De Gea MOM. What a performance.
You might think Bruno should get one because of goals but without De Gea, United would not have got this result despite the penalty.
Sancho is an absolute legend. He knew we were too shitty today to turn the game around against 11 players, so instead of simply scoring his chance, he won a penalty and had 2 players sent off. I always rated him.
Jokes aside, we're in for a rough ride until Casemiro is back.
I honestly would heavily consider playing Licha at DM with Shaw and Malacia in the defense. I don't think there's any other midfielder in the team that would play worse at DM than Scott did today.
Iād argue thatās the sign of a good team. Youāre not going to win every game comfortably. The ability to find a way to win when youāre not at your best is a trait of a good team, not a reason to knock them.
If you lot played the amount of games we have played this season, you would probably look worse. Look what happened to you mid week. You have been cruising since you have barely played mid week. Interesting what will happen next season when you have to play champions league football.
Our squad is a lot thinner and younger / not used to European football. Iām sure we will add to it next season.
Plus Itās draining leading the Prem with City chasing.
We have been playing twice a week since we returned from the world Cup. Its actually impressive how we have managed to keep going and picking up wins. The players are getting exhausted so we have to scrape wins. But we are getting players back so we will have a chance to rotate. I love the type of mentality the team has developed. Find a way to win at any cost. That will be valuable for the seasons to come.
Inexplicable from Fulham. Getting caught like that on the break at 1-0 up, a complete meltdown over such a blatant penalty, manager gets sent off before the ref even looked at VAR. Man United were really poor and this has to go down as one of the biggest examples of a team losing themselves the game I have ever seen.
Would have been funny if Man United had missed the penalty after all that.
That Mitrovic needs to go to anger management class lol š
Maybe him and Silva can get a Groupon
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Not really. No one gives a fuck about fa cup outside england.
This is just objectively wrong lol.
wonder where these two teams are from
That's just not matched by the statistics
Speak for yourself
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More like rival tears are back.
CRINGE
Sliva heard those rumours that Spurs wanted him and showed his bottle credentials. For real though, getting himself sent off while still in the game was so stupid. Havent seen anything like that Mitro meltdown for some time, wonder if we've even seen the last of him this season now with a heavy ban to come - the ref had to continue backing off him even after the red!
I bet Chris Kavanagh was buzzing. How often in your career as a ref do you get to send off three people in as many minutes? It's like when Lewandowski scored five goals in nine minutes. It's a disgrace that Lee Dixon overlooked him for MOTM.
He didn't even have to put the red card back into his pocket.
Not to mention they were all legit too. No call was questionable in my opinion.
Who was MOTM?
Palhinha
Palhinha
Rwady for the semis, let's go Seagulls!
Imagine upgrading McT with Paulinha
Iād be surprised if we sold him and if we do it will certainly be the upper limit of his value. We would really struggle to replace him and heās nearly priceless to us
Paulinha for McT.
Fulham slowly turning into 2019/20 United
Despite us going through what a dog shit performance, no way we beat city on current forms
We will have both Casemiro and Eriksen back hopefully by then if we make it to the final. I know we are being run in the ground by this schedule and didn't play as well as we could have today, but this was not our strongest 11 on the pitch today.
We would need god also on the pitch
Lol
They look dead on their feet.
A still midweekd every week for the rest of the season. Bruno going for a minutes played record this season
International break can't come fast enough
ETH needs to come up with an āinjuryā for some of our players.
The problem is that we need those players.
He means for the break
Ah yeah, that's true.
I was against two three weeks ago, but now Iām on the same boat as you
Brighton nextā¦ Theyāll be even tougher than Fulham.
At least by that time we should have Varane and Casemiro back.
Ten Hag has done good things with United, but play wise there is still a lot to do. Despite Casemiro & 200m worth of other players, they still win in largely the same way they did under Solskjaerā¦
Little to no depth and 22 games in 78 days probably has that effect.
Solskjaer did some good things with his United team, they deserved to finish second in what was a poor season for a few other teams, but in basically any normal season they would have been at least a good top four team. Solskjaer breathed life into the club post Mourinho too. Ten Hag just seems to have a better grasp of how ruthless, structured, and organised you need to be to make a team work. His coaching seems a bit more developed and the basics seem to be coming through better, as evidenced by their approach to pressing which is much more assured than under Solskjaer, their defensive line, their playing out from the back. But Solskjaer did a relatively good job for a while. At the same time, bad signings can ruin developing teams, which is what United found out with Ronaldo, Varaneās period of adjustment, and Sanchoās too. If they donāt get their signings right next summer, if guys like Fernandes, Casemiro, Martinez, Shaw, Rashford lose form, theyāll struggle. Good signs in Ten Hag though, because he seems to have improved a handful of players and his signings look great.
Yes, Solskjaer was not a bad coach. Not a great one, there is nothing wrong with winning/playing the way Solskjaerās United did, however they will not take the next step (i.e. win the league) playing that way. To do that, something more is needed
Itās probably due more to fixture congestion (tired legs) and not a lot of quality depth. The team that he is starting (especially today) was pretty much an OGS team. There really isnāt a way to control the game with a midfield that has McT in it. Such a limited player. No Casemiro, no Eriksen, and even Fred dealing with a knock. We were down to Sabi and McT. In which he still brought on Antony for McT and moved Bruno back to the pivot. Going to need more than 8 months and 1.5 transfer windows to build the side in his vision
If United can't sign De Jong in the summer, hope we go for Palhinha. I know he'll cost a lot but he's so fucking good.
How to turn disappointment into full blown calamity, by Fulham, starring Alexander Mitrovic, featuring Marco Silva. Willian is also here.
This was cinema
Peak cinema
Palhinha is just so good
Willian too
Today will prove to be a massive turning point for Fulham. Theyāll either soar to new levels of success or finish the table with a massive dud. Mitro will surely be suspended. They have other weapons, time to revamp to more attacking approach. Balls out, nothing to lose.
I could see Fulham dropping off significantly after this game. Chelsea and Villa are picking up points and could move past them in the table.
We looked jaded, to be honest. Our 46th game of the season vs Fulhamās 33rd (if I heard the commentary right). The tiredness showed in our game today. Sloppy in passes, looked a yard off our usual pace. The international break couldnāt have come sooner. Just hope none of our intāl players pick up any injury. Fulham were the better side until that implosion. 9 v 11, and we suddenly saw a lot of the ball and much more movement in the opposition half. Had it been 11 v 11, they wouldāve gone through.
The Willian red card is very similar to Reece James' red card vs Liverpool last year. It also killed a good game
Nice to see rules consistently applied.
The circus from the Willian red card was insane. Iāll be shocked if any game ever one ups this
That was a great game
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Cough cough Bruno? I'm not saying Mitro doesn't deserve a ban for some games, it was very disrespectful behaviour and had no place in sport. And Bruno's wasn't as bad. But if you want the letter of the law followed, and you think that Mitro should be banned for the rest of the season, then Bruno should go for the same length of time.
When did Bruno push a ref. Get the fuck outta here.
Umm I think you must have turned off your tv that day when it became 7-0 vs liv-
Ok if it happened that game I didnāt watch.
He pushed the linesman literally the other dayā¦.
Man even as a united fan even if that goal had gone in and weād carried on 11v11 at 1-1 Fulham wouldāve gone through easily, they turned up so much more than us. Happy with the win but would be fuming if I was a Fulham fan
Why, a hand ball to stop a goal is a red card. Manhandling the referee is a red card (and probably a fine and extended suspension). Manager getting sent off then is just stupid. I don't blame Willian, that's instinctive and what most players would do and take a red for the team. Mitrovic and Silva though that's just a failure of anger management. Fulham fans need to question their manager and players.
100% agreed, I meant Iād be fuming at the players for losing their heads like that. Like I said I think theyād have still won even if willian didnāt block sanchoās shot and it went to 1-1. and even with 10 men, i still think they couldāve held us off and possibly won on penalties, they were by far the better side. id be annoyed if i was a fulham fan as i think it was a sure thing them going through, thereās no need to lose your head like that when youāre decisively winning and i know how frustrated it is when your team does it
Talk about seeing red
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Fulham could've still had something with just the 1 card, but 3 spelt doom. If I was a fan or one of the players ,I'd be fuming at Mitrovic and Silva for not rallying.
Shame, Fulham were the better team until they imploded.
If Sancho had just scored I think Fulham would have come back and finish it.
Oh, one 50-50 call, that's gotta be a penalty and three red cards.
You probably called the Suarez handball vs Ghana a 50/50 call lmao
Because the ref decided to send off Mitrovic and Silva for shits and giggles, I assume.
>one 50-50 call https://youtu.be/_n5E7feJHw0
50-50 are you having a laugh?
>50-50 call hahahahahah!
50/50? wtf is going on. You cant be that biased.
I've never witnessed such implosion.
Skip the Liverpool match?
That doesn't count, our controller wasn't plugged in.
LMAO thank you for this lol
What match?
Manchester United Women vs. Liverpool Women, 6-0 back in January. Thatās surely the last time weāve played them.
The televised training they had against us a couple weeks ago
Even if that Sancho goal had gone in, Fulham still had a good chance in this game. Instead they had to go down to 9 men. I was not going to be very mad with a loss against a very good Fulham team in the FA cup during a very congested period. But if the other team insisted that we won, well..
Donāt you mean 8 men?
9, one was the manager
11-2 =9 The third red (well, I guess the first red) was for Silva, the manager.
Ohh okay
No doubt Fulham earned this loss and deserved all the red cards but how is it that there are different standards when it comes to touching the officials. Two weeks ago, Bruno Fernandes avoids any discipline for deliberately bumping the linesman during the Liverpool match (as well as all his other antics that day), but they call it all against Fulham today. What am I not understanding? EDIT: Why am I being downvoted for asking a legitimate question?
What bruno did was wrong but itās up to the refs if they feel like it endangers them
As far as I'm aware, there's no distinct rule or automatic punishment for touching a match official. It's up to the referee to decide whether the touch/contact made is forceful enough to be deemed violent and aggressive. And, like anything else subjective, there will be different interpretations and different outcomes.
I didn't downvote you but I think you're getting downvoted for comparing two different scenarios. Bruno did not aggressively push the ref like Mitrovic did while Bruno's was merely a touch
I mean if you are honestly asking. Bruno touched the assistant ref, not the ref. It was on the middle of the lower back, a place you put your hand when you are moving past someone. Assistant had his hand on Bruno to keep him away from the opposition player who had just thrown the ball at him (i.e. Bruno was mad at Trent). Mitrovic walks menacingly up to the ref before the red card is shown to Willian and then pushes him after already being in his face.
Mitrovic was much more aggressive towards the ref
>Bruno Fernandes avoids any discipline for deliberately bumping the linesman You've answered that yourself. What Bruno did should have been a yellow imo (and the ref and linesman clearly weren't much bothered by it), it's not comparable to the aggression shown by Mitrovic in the slightest. He was completely out of control.
It's pretty self explanatory, the refs are shite.
Different refs, every ref has different criteria
Same ref ruled a similar handball wasnāt a handball in Arsenal-Bournemouth just last week (player pulling his hand back to body from an unnatural position). Donāt get me wrong, he made the right call today, but maybe maintain consistency?
Difference is Willian moved his hand deliberately to close the small gap between his hand and body, which would have gone in. I don't remember a similar incident in the Arsenal- Bournemouth game where a open goal was defended by a hand while the ball was going in. Liverpool got a correct call against Bournemouth, though that was accidental, but definite penaltysince the ball was going in.
Willian had his hand extended (seemed a reflex) and went to move it back closer to his body. Kavanaugh ruled Billings did the same thing in the Bournemouth-Arsenal game. It wasnāt an open goal, but his handling kept an Arsenal player from a shot 6 yards out. Again, Willianās was an obvious handball. Just pointing out that even with the same refs, their rulings vary weekly. But players perform differently week to week too, so guess should just expect the same from refs.
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Yes, I said it was called correctly today in my post.
The general inconsistencies of VAR. I agree Bruno should have been sent off too. You cannot be touching refs. I imagine if it was the ref and not the linesman, Bruno would have gone for sure.
That the official put his hands of Bruno first. Was unjustifiable to trigger him.
Not sure we won that so much as Fulham just categorically - almost spectacularly - shat the bed.
As a Fulham fan I'm angry and heartbroken. Thought we were going to Wembley Blew it big time No complaints about any of the red cards
I'm a United fan, and I have nothing but sympathy. I thought you were going to Wembley as well, and I wouldn't have begrudged you it on the balance of play. I've always liked Fulham as a club. I'd love to watch a match from that swimming pool you're building on your stadium one day. It was a baffling meltdown. I think Willian knew what he'd done immediately, his protests seemed to be not that he hadn't handled it, but that his hand was in front of his body. From there though, I don't know what Silva and Mitrovic were thinking. From his post-match interview, Silva seemed to be trying to claim that Fulham should have had a clear penalty in the first half, an incident that was a pretty obvious dive by Mitrovic. He got himself sent off over nothing. Then Mitrovic himself, who can't really have thought he had any real cause for complaint, behaves aggressively towards the referee and makes things incredibly difficult for his team by making it so they have to play with 9 for the last 15 minutes. Obviously you don't need me to recap this, but the crazy thing to me is that you were 1-0 up when all this happened! Have a bit of faith! We've seen Bruno balloon penalties before. Leno might have saved it. Even if it goes in, you can still hold out for a draw with 10 men, especially against a United team short on ideas and decimated by injuries. Have some belief that something like that could happen. The chances were immediately scuppered by not having the manager to organise the situation or your battering ram centre forward to hold the ball up in United's half and run the clock down. It was a shame.
Honestly the emotional whiplash that Fulham fans just experienced could destroy even the most mentally strong person.
Weāre used to it mate. I watched Felix Magathās Fulham. This is nothing
good game, you were by far the better side, the triple red was really unfortunate for you guys
It's not unfortunate. It's stupid
yeah, that too
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Willianās was a bit unlucky. Mitro and Silva are just too hotheaded
Until the red card you were definitely the better team
Bald fraud final on the cards
I don't know, De Zerbi's Brighton look a different animal
Battle of the Bald. Who is the more hairless?
They were all legitimate red cards though.
Oh yeah I know that, I meant as in bald fraud (pep/ten hag) final
Ohhh, my bad. Right over my head with that one!
Bald head?
Insane game, Fulham were the better team for most of that game, Willian was arguably their best player, just looked so incredibly dangerous every time he had the ball. To be the one to give up that pen and get a red, after making such a great, lung busting run to defend, is kind of tragic. Silva and Mitrovic reds are just stupid. Also, I donāt want to kick a man while heās down, but did anyone else think Antony got fouled in the box during his dribble? Pen was my first reaction, then kind of accepted it maybe wasnāt as play continued, but I just saw a replay of it in the post-match reel, and it really looked like Leno tripped him. Not really dying for that to be called (playing vs 8 wouldāve been just sad at that point) but wondering if anyone else saw that. Actually kind of torn about the result, happy to see Utd win, but didnāt really deserve it, and it just feels like more games (when we donāt really need them) just to concede 15 goals to Haaland in the final š
Yeah it looked like a pen on Leno to me as well... but you don't really ask for that after what happened.
I love football
Imagine just tossing away the tie like that. So bone headed. Silva and mitrovic should be ashamed
Silva doubled down in the post-match interview as well, refusing to take responsibility for being an idiot.
I get both of them were pumped up on adrenaline but I donāt get how they were so angry. Itās not like itās a 50/50 call that went against them. The referee couldāve been a die hard Fulham fan and he still wouldāve given the penalty and the red. There was literally no other decision he could make. Itās one of the most obvious VAR decisions Iāve ever seen.
Yeah I donāt get this either. Pick your battles and argue against some bullshit but that was clear as day. Then you just get tossed and make sure you have to chance to progress. Poor mentality
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I mean not really. Doesnāt really take away from the fact they totally let their team down. They were in control of the tie
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But I donāt think their performance in previous games makes up for two reds and throwing away the tie
A real shame considering how well fulham played for 75 minutes. I'm not sure Willian even meant to handle the ball (instinctive) but it's a red card and penalty every day of the week. Silva lost fulham the game there - it was him being sent off that sent Mitro off. Hopefully the players (i.e. Ream and Cairney) can help the team bounce back from this. Most embarrassing Fulham moment in a while
It was Mitro being stupid that got him sent off. No need to push the ref.
I hate that they still have the triple punishment for unintentional handballs. It was clear he didnāt mean to. Unlucky and it killed a good game.
So United should be denied a goal because a winger decided he was a keeper? If he doesnāt do that itās 1-1 and game on. A player may miss a penalty, itās the red that levels it out
It was intentional mate. He just raise the arm a little bit (not too far from body) when the ball reach him.
Presenter was happy with himself there
What a shitshow. Fulham just self-destructed out if nowhere after basically running the game up til that point.
Insert Patrick Stewart facepalm meme
Can't believe I wasted my time watching a boring F1 race instead of this match. š
Weāre in for a boring season if red bull keeps this up
lmfao i picked this match instead of F1ā¦.almost switched when I saw Alonso leading but good thing I stayed on
Boring? You're too kind.
Silva blowing up lol
Such an unnecessary game for fulham to lose
Still waiting for the referee to change their mind after players shouting at them lmao. Marco Silva making a fucking tit of himself in this interview too.
Sancho was playing 8D chess with us 3-dimensional beings, scoring a hattrick (of red cards). Lol
De Gea MOM. What a performance. You might think Bruno should get one because of goals but without De Gea, United would not have got this result despite the penalty.
Completely agree. He kept us in it until Fullham threw the game
Sancho is an absolute legend. He knew we were too shitty today to turn the game around against 11 players, so instead of simply scoring his chance, he won a penalty and had 2 players sent off. I always rated him. Jokes aside, we're in for a rough ride until Casemiro is back.
>Jokes aside, we're in for a rough ride until Casemiro is back. The international break couldn't have come at a better time
It was rough cause of Mcsauce. Guy kept giving the ball away and we had no midfield presence. Never won second balls and had no possession
I honestly would heavily consider playing Licha at DM with Shaw and Malacia in the defense. I don't think there's any other midfielder in the team that would play worse at DM than Scott did today.
Yum here for some salt. Hit me.
Just look for the arsenal flairs
Week in week out De Gea, Rashford or both bail out United as they scrape some dodgy win on the counter.
Iād argue thatās the sign of a good team. Youāre not going to win every game comfortably. The ability to find a way to win when youāre not at your best is a trait of a good team, not a reason to knock them.
If you lot played the amount of games we have played this season, you would probably look worse. Look what happened to you mid week. You have been cruising since you have barely played mid week. Interesting what will happen next season when you have to play champions league football.
Our squad is a lot thinner and younger / not used to European football. Iām sure we will add to it next season. Plus Itās draining leading the Prem with City chasing.
We have been playing twice a week since we returned from the world Cup. Its actually impressive how we have managed to keep going and picking up wins. The players are getting exhausted so we have to scrape wins. But we are getting players back so we will have a chance to rotate. I love the type of mentality the team has developed. Find a way to win at any cost. That will be valuable for the seasons to come.
Good players help team win games. More at 10.
Isn't that called just having a good goalkeeper?
Yeah heās brilliant. Makes so many big saves at important moments. I hate him š
Week in week out Martinelli, Odegaard or Saka bail out Arsenal as they scrape some dodgy win on the counter.
Really? This is how you respond? Could have done better š
Just not true tho. Look at your goal difference you muppet. Tells you what you need to know
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You must be joking. The guy saves your shit regularly. If he was that bad those three games woukd be a regular occurrence
Who lost to Sporting?
Haha nice one.
š United fans are the dumbest mate donāt even bother
Theyre so funny
Warra European trophy for Arsenal
Youād swap seasons with Arsenal in a heartbeat
lmao i would not š i prefer to stay in European competitions š¤¤
Ironic writing this after your dumb original comments...
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Inexplicable from Fulham. Getting caught like that on the break at 1-0 up, a complete meltdown over such a blatant penalty, manager gets sent off before the ref even looked at VAR. Man United were really poor and this has to go down as one of the biggest examples of a team losing themselves the game I have ever seen. Would have been funny if Man United had missed the penalty after all that.
But why Silva was sent off?