For some reason,
the ref gave the match every chance to flow in the first half, despite the kind of challenges that were going in, which, on another day, could have enticed the man - in - charge to produce a card or two.
Not exact matches
So, perhaps we should
give a little grace to the replacement
refs who officiated last night's Monday night
match - up Seattle Seahawks and the Green Bay Packers.
The
match's most dramatic moment came in the 82nd minute, as Dominic Solanke appeared to
give the home side the lead form a Joe Gomez cross, however
ref Tierney ruled the goal out for deliberate handball, something that most fans deemed as a very harsh decision.
If we are clinical enough to score 5 goals, the
ref may
give controversial penalty every
match at 90th minute and we can still win the game.
I watched the capital one cup
match between Liverpool and Stoke last night and there was an incident very similar to the Mertesacker vs Costa one and the
ref only
gave a free kick and a yellow card.