GWT: CL Match Day 1

[Live in the Now]

I think Sturridge was also offside.

 

[hatterson]

Yea pretty clear foul. Honestly if that happen in midfield it’s a borderline red.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Should be a good goal no?

 

[Evilo]

That is a ridiculous call to disallow that goal

What?
Full studs in Areola?

 

[hatterson]

VVD with a massive dive there for no reason at all.

 

[Human]

how is that a foul? ball was up for playing.

 

[Savant]

What?
Full studs in Areola?

Sturridge got first touch on the ball and his momentum took him into the keeper. Where else was he supposed to go?

 

[YNWA14]

VVD with a massive dive there for no reason at all.

...Cavani pulled him back with both hands?

 

[hatterson]

Touching a tiny piece of the ball doesn’t mean it’s not a foul....

 

[Evilo]

Not go full studs in?
Reckless challenge, regardless of intention is a foul every time.

No idea how you'd think the contrary

 

[YNWA14]

I dunno...they showed a bunch of replays and I think Sturridge's challenge was fair. Keeper dived at it with his body and Studge got the ball.

Fair enough I'm not really sure if there's a specific rule about it but I think the studs could definitely define it as excessive. Not upset about it but just wasn't sure.

Also Sturridge needs to do better.

 

[hatterson]

...Cavani pulled him back with both hands?

He barely touched him and VVD went down like he was shot.

 

[Live in the Now]

Sturridge was still offside so it shouldn't have mattered.

 

[bluesfan94]

Yea pretty clear foul. Honestly if that happen in midfield it’s a borderline red.

Yup. Just because you get the ball first doesn't excuse you from the challenge. USA-Mexico had a red card happen for this reason.

 

[Evilo]

Sturridge should have scored that.

 

[SSF]

Yea, we have already had it established that getting the ball means very little this year.

 

[bluesfan94]

Sturridge got first touch on the ball and his momentum took him into the keeper. Where else was he supposed to go?

Keep your damn studs down? Getting the ball isn't the rule

 

[Evilo]

Being biased is OK, but how is anyone claiming that is not a foul seems extremely far-fetched to me.

 

[bluesfan94]

I dunno...they showed a bunch of replays and I think Sturridge's challenge was fair. Keeper dived at it with his body and Studge got the ball.

Fair enough I'm not really sure if there's a specific rule about it but I think the studs could definitely define it as excessive. Not upset about it but just wasn't sure.

Also Sturridge needs to do better.

Even if you do accept this premise, Areola then made the save and was fouled afterwards by a cleat to the groin.

 

[Il Mediano]

Seems kind of weird given how talented he is and how well he's performed the last two seasons especially.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'll be honest , I'm not a huge Mertens fan either. But yeah, under Sarri he was pretty much a false 9 , and Carlo doesn't roll like that.

He wants a direct outlet , and Mertens is way too small to offer that.

I felt they should've sold him in the summer , because Sarri made him a far more prolific player than he actually is. Seems my suspicions were correct, though, I didn't expect Carlo to bench him. I thought he'd take Callejon's position at RW.

He's pretty much a super-sub until further notice.

 

[Live in the Now]

It was a foul and it was also offside so never should have gotten to that point.

Also, Sturridge's minimal athleticism seems to now be gone and he should be taken off. Wonder what could have been if his thighs didn't explode every two months.

 

[MrFunnyWobbl]

BVB need to score a goal.

I know, I'm very insightful.

 

[Savant]

Keep your damn studs down? Getting the ball isn't the rule

Sturridge got the ball played it down and the momentum took him into the keeper. Both players had a right to the ball. the keeper certainly didnt have it cleanly. If the arguement is that Areola saved it he also spilled it into Salah who scored the rebound.

Agree to disagree but I dont see what Sturridge could have done differently. Areola also took a lousy line to the ball. If he would have held it then it would have been a foul. If Sturridge didnt get the first touch it's a foul, but I dont see it.

 

[YNWA14]

What the hell Sturridge that was awful. We would look so much better with Firmino out there. I wouldn't even mind Shaqiri at this point.

Even if you do accept this premise, Areola then made the save and was fouled afterwards by a cleat to the groin.

Fair enough. I've seen stuff like that let go before on that premise.

 

[bluesfan94]

If the arguement is that Areola saved it he also spilled it into Salah who scored the rebound.

But Areola was fouled in the interim. It's easy to say what Sturridge could do differently. He could not go in studs up