04 Jan 2019 19:25:59
Did people think the challenge on Salah by Kompany was a red card? To be honest, I was questioning whether or not it was even a foul when I first saw it. Watching replays I think the yellow card was fair. It was rash, but he got the ball and made minimal contact. Curious to see what people think.

{Ed025's Note - i think your summary is correct MR, a bit worse than a yellow maybe but certainly not a red mate..


1.) 04 Jan 2019
04 Jan 2019 19:39:31
It was very similar to Virgil's tackle on Sane in the first game against them. Both got yellow and I think that's fair.


2.) 04 Jan 2019
04 Jan 2019 19:54:51
I think it was a yellow too, game was full of fine margins and if it was a red don’t think many would of argued either. Our luck ran out yesterday as on another day, he gets sent off mane/ salah score and sane shot hits the post. It’s why we love the game but that decision definitely wasn’t a clear cut red card imo.


3.) 04 Jan 2019
04 Jan 2019 20:01:44
Completely agreed. The chips just didn't fall our way yesterday and based on some of the ones that have this year (Origi vs. Everton to be specific), I think it was a fair result. We'll string together some more results and the positivity will come back.

{Ed025's Note - i think so too mate..


4.) 04 Jan 2019
04 Jan 2019 20:07:31
We made last nights game not an absolute must win with our steady first half of the season.

It was a strong yellow but a yellow.

{Ed025's Note - yes robbie..


5.) 04 Jan 2019
04 Jan 2019 20:09:02
Clear red. As red as they come. Poor tackle, poor decision, poor show. High, dangerous, wreckless and was the last man. Ref either guessed or bottled it.

{Ed025's Note - nah mate, take off the red glasses and have a look again, no intent, got the ball and not last man..yellow all day..


6.) 04 Jan 2019
04 Jan 2019 20:14:21
It was our first EPL loss yesterday vs the Champions on their turf. We still have a 4 point gap over them.

Not even City in their run away to being Champions last season went unbeaten and by the looks of things they are bound to drop more points this season. Defensively they have been found out recently.

They cannot afford to drop more points, they will.


7.) 04 Jan 2019
04 Jan 2019 20:38:56
Come on ed25 he did not get the ball. I’m not saying whether I think it was red or not he wasn’t sent off so we have to live with that but you can’t just make stuff up!
Salah got to the ball and poked it into Kompany’s body as he jumped in. His foot was nowhere near the ball and had Salah’s leg been planted it could’ve been very serious.
Poor, poor tackle and well worthy of a red card but the ref gave yellow so we move on.

{Ed025's Note - he did get the ball bobby it ended up in between his legs mate, he got a little piece of salah as well so a yellow was the correct call..


8.) 04 Jan 2019
04 Jan 2019 21:03:44
I think the sane and Henderson incident was worse than the Konkani challenge. Sane was checked by gini but stayed on his feet, took a further two steps then lunges into the challenge with both feet off the floor and studs showing.
The ref pulled it back and booked gini for it but from why I saw that hardly affected sane but it made his terrible challenge seem “accidental”.


9.) 04 Jan 2019
04 Jan 2019 21:01:06
It was only a yellow, but come on Ed, take off the blue tinted glasses, he got more than ‘a little piece of Salah’ he got him with his studs up. It was reckless and dangerous, despite getting the ball.

{Ed025's Note - if he got him the way you are describing it KK salah would be a cripple mate, he was up and running within 10 seconds so yes a little piece was what he got, i know it hurts when your team gets beat, but making up stories will not change that im afraid..


10.) 04 Jan 2019
04 Jan 2019 21:20:02
Tackle was a yellow because of follow through and his studs up. It should have been a red because no way Stones would have caught Salah so last man.

{Ed025's Note - not actually true mate..but damn fine guess..


11.) 04 Jan 2019
04 Jan 2019 21:29:36
For me it was surely a red card. We are talking milliseconds between Salah getting a very bad injury because Kompany wasnt in control of the tackle. A player doesn't need and shouldn't need to have a broken leg or a season ending injury before a red card is shown. It was reckless therefore it's a red.

{Ed025's Note - and if my auntie had balls he would be my uncle irish, it never happened so stop making up stories, yellow card...correct call mate..


12.) 04 Jan 2019
04 Jan 2019 21:56:13
Borderline call really I reckon by the letter of the law maybe he should have seen red as he was off the ground not in full control but no issue with it being yellow. If VVD made that challenge and was sent off we would all be moaning about how harsh it was
If you had the same incident with ten different refs you would probably see 5 reds and five yellows.


13.) 04 Jan 2019
04 Jan 2019 22:17:27
Jones Red, the VVD comparison is so flawed that I don't know where to even begin. VVD did not elevate off the ground and catch Mertens in mid air like Kompany did. VVD slid got to the ball first, cleared it and his momentum caught Mertens. What is VVVD supposed to do there when he can't stop his momentum? That is called "incidental contact" and that is NEVER a red card.

As for people saying Kompany got the ball, that is patently false. The only reason Kompany made ANY contact with the ball is cos Salah touched the ball (trying to nick it) against Kompany's backside while Kompany was on the ground while trying to avoid his challenge. If people think that is the same as "him getting the ball" then they need to go watch the play again as I just did.

In addition, I think Kompany should have been sent off cos apart from it being a bad, reckless challenge, he wiped out a potential goal-scoring opportunity which by law, is a red card. If you agree that the tackle is a foul BUT not a red then he should be sent off for the latter infraction of potentially wiping out a goal-scoring opportunity, right? Just my opinion.

{Ed002's Note - This "Liverpool can do no wrong" and "it is everybody else who is at fault" is getting very, very tedious and embarrassing.}


14.) 04 Jan 2019
04 Jan 2019 22:27:29
Watch it again Ed Kompany’s foot is nowhere near the ball and Salah gets a toe to the ball and hits it against Kompany’s body.
His foot is already making contact with Salah by this point. I’m not saying it was red but get the ball he did not. The ball hit him but not anywhere near his lunging, knee high, out of control foot.
Salah saw it coming and tried to hurdle it which probably saved Kompany a red card and himself a double leg break.

{Ed002's Note - Tedious, boring and embarrassing.}


15.) 04 Jan 2019
04 Jan 2019 22:33:21
Red it was closer to halfway line than the goal so nosey was it a defiant goal scoring oppertunity we are starting to really get silly over this now! He got a yellow let's suck it up and move onto the next game.


16.) 04 Jan 2019
04 Jan 2019 22:34:53
Not a sending off for you then Ed002?

{Ed002's Note - It was, but the rest of the world gets over this stuff.}


17.) 05 Jan 2019
05 Jan 2019 00:49:59
The rules are constantly evolving.

If your tackle six deemed out of control then it’s a straight red.


18.) 05 Jan 2019
05 Jan 2019 02:04:42
Another may have seen and called it differently, its how it goes.


19.) 05 Jan 2019
05 Jan 2019 10:01:50
Exactly Faith. It probably was a red and Kompany got away with a similar one against Burnley. Maybe it’s because, as Souness said he’s ‘not that type of player’.
Anyway it’s irrelivant, complaining about it won’t change a thing so we move on 4pts clear at the top.


20.) 05 Jan 2019
04 Jan 2019 22:54:28
Sorry Ed002 but what's wrong with debating the pivotal incidents in a crucial match? Its not about moving on or looking for excuses. The decision was made, the game has finished but there's still room for discussion.
Yellow card in my books but id be interested to know how the whether it would be a red under the newer guidelines.

{Ed002's Note - It is the same thing over and over again - how hard done by Liverpool are. It is not debating. It is tedious and boring.}


21.) 05 Jan 2019
05 Jan 2019 13:17:31
Spot on, RedLorryRdLorry. It is all about debating the issues at hand and nothing more. Some LFC fans say it was not a red, some say it was. That's fine cos that is what debate should be about. It has nothing to do with "The world is against LFC" or any of that stuff. I think it is a healthy debate and people are free to agree and disagree. YNWA!

{Ed002's Note - And the grass was too long.}


22.) 05 Jan 2019
05 Jan 2019 20:14:00
You said that, Ed02. I didn't.


23.) 05 Jan 2019
05 Jan 2019 22:44:09
Dear me a remember the days you would of been lucky just to get a free kick for that kind of tackle, needless to say the molbys and vinnie jones of the world would probably not made a crearer in football these days. Bunch of softies rolling about as tho they been shot lol.

In all honesty tho it wouldn't of surprised me if he had been sent of in this day and age but a yellow was a fair outcome, we got beat of a team as good as ours we suck it up and move on we still have a 4 point lead so in all honesty in a great place, ad rather be Liverpool now than Man city.
Wolves is up next in the fa cup, we go win that then we have a kind run of fixtures we just need to capitalise on them and in a months time the gap may just well be back or above 7 points. YNWA.


24.) 05 Jan 2019
05 Jan 2019 23:36:44
Kompany was a red all day long!