Not exact matches
I thought that Wenger ight have turned to the bench, especially with Ramsey and Chambers
on yellow cards and with players gagging for time
on the pitch, but he left it until the 77th minute
before bringing
on Wilshere, Podolski and Rosicky.
At 1 - 1 in the return leg, Robin van Persie was then controversially shown a second
yellow card in the 56th minute
before Barcelona scored two goals against 10 men to win
on aggregate.
As for Giroud's second
yellow card, don't forget he made a foul just
before that by pulling some player back, the ref let him off
on that occasion, either way Giroud was destined to get sent off!
You may remember
before me complaining about referees holding back
on cards when a player has already been booked, instead waiting for an «orange» type infringement, a second
yellow worthy of a red.
Five minutes
before the break, things went from bad to worse for the Portuguese outfit as Pereira was shown his second
yellow card of the evening for a lunge
on John Obi Mikel, leaving his side left to play out the rest of the match with 10 men.
Laporte was perhaps lucky to escape a second
yellow card when he was late into a tackle
on a furious Pickford shortly
before half - time, referee Paul Tierney seemingly judging the City player's contact with Everton's goalkeeper to be accidental.
Song, arguably our most improved player is
on 4
yellow cards and we should ensure that he doesn't miss the Chelsea game.The partnership of Gallas and Vermaelen is outstanding, yet one can not expect them to play in every game, and it is in that are we are weak in cover.With regards to the full back situation, perm any two from four, that is Clichy, Gibbs, Eboue, Sagna and even Traore they are attacking wing backs and are always at risk
on the quick counter attack by the opposition.Almunia still doesn't impress me and his command of his area is still indecisive and he is still vulnerable to letting goals in, especially to his near post.Wenger being Wenger, I doubt he will buy in January, and it is a pity we didn't go for Given months
before he joined City, when he was available for a comparatively cheap price.This new diamond shape or 4 -1-4-1 is working well and we have an abundance of quality to interchange, which bemuses the opposition more often than not.We have every chance this year, and we are also being helped by the fact that the other so called big four sides are showing their vulnerability.A couple of decent signings, not squad players in January, and hopefully we are in the mix.
Michael Oliver correctly booked two players for diving,
before giving Angel Di Maria a second
yellow card for his daft shirt pull
on the referee.
Wilson's first and last impact
on the match was to be shown a
yellow card shortly
before being replaced by Robin van Persie after 66 minutes.
As the second half began, Mehdi Banatiua was shown a
yellow card for a crude challenge
on Alli
before Costa forced Eric Dier to concede an early corner that was wasted by Pjanic.
I found it useful to use pieces of
card (e.g. 1
yellow for every 2 blue) to visually demonstrate beforehand (using volunteers - each holding the correct ratio) and show how to record this into a table
on the whiteboard as you go,
before using this resource as the main activity.
Before the meeting, prepare green,
yellow, and red index
cards (or put a dot of red,
yellow, or green
on blank
cards).