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I agree, I dont think it was malicious, he was just trying to trip him up and take one for the team, but it was certainly reckless. He was extremly lucky not to see a straight red for it.
Bennett has apologised himself, he said he didnt mean to catch him like that, so he acknowledges how bad it was.
Taking the Cardif City goggles off you cant argue anything other than it was a really bad challenge.
No. He. Didnt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QteCW824YE8
This is fair enough, I think what's bothering a lot of us is that he's being treated by the media like he was out to seriously injure him - which is not true.
And that we are a dirty side, which is also not true ( fair play table)
Also Bennett's own disciplinary record is very good. 7 Bookings's in 50 odd appearances for us.
Yes, I said to my buddy at the time it looked like he took one for the team. I think that means he was ready to take Sane down if necessary and accept a card (so it was a bit more than simply a mistimed tackle) but wasn't intending to do so in a way that would badly injure the player, in other words it wasn't malicious but reckless.
How do you know that for sure, Tim? It was a truly awful tackle - high, genuinely dangerous, no attempt to play the ball whatsoever, and Bennett was at it again in the last few minutes. If anyone had committed a similar foul against a City player there would have been uproar.
I guess it's because Tim has seen him play live more than most and Bennett hasn't shown that kind of temperament in his time here.
I'm just hoping the battering Joe is currently getting everywhere doesn't affect his future performances for us.
I do agree it was awful, when a simple ankle tap would've done the job and been rightfully awarded a Yellow.
Wasn't really high. He caught Sane's ankle.
Also I can say he's not that type of player as in his 50 odd appearances for City I've never seen him put one nasty challenge in. I've probably seen 40 of these games. He's only been booked 7 times in that whole period, which isn't exactly the form of a dirty player. Especially as a full back.
I also know that sometimes you bring a player down knowing it's a booking or a good chance of a goal and sometimes you mistime it. Done it myself plenty of times.
Must be even more difficult to judge at that pace.
By the way, it's virtually impossible to carry out a sliding tackle without at least one foot coming off the floor.
Next thing we'll have is a clamour to outlaw this too.
The fuss over this challenge compared to some of the others we've seen this season is incredible.
As far as I'm aware, Sergio Aguero had never shown 'that kind of temperament' before he tried to maim David Luiz.
What Bennett has or hasn't done before is irrelevant. On this occasion, he wasn't trying to play the ball. He was attempting to bring down his opponent. His eyes were on the player and his tackle was terrible. It was clearly deliberate in every sense. All this 'mistimed' business is just nonsense.
https://youtu.be/QteCW824YE8
Don’t think he has!
I agree. During real time from the stands I could see he was miles from the ball but thought at the time it literally was just one of those taking one for the team type occasions.
But as said above, a malicious challenge with intent would be something completely new from Bennett.
I don't remember anything between those two prior that might have been brewing either, so can only think an element of surprise (at Sane's speed), a lack of judgement as to the distance from the ball and a rush of blood on the 'big occasion' was to blame.
Im pretty sure Aguero had a retrospective red just before the Luiz incident.
Are you suggesting Bennetts intention was to cause injury?
He wasnt the only player to deliberately take the man and not the ball in the game. Grujic was hacked down 2nd half by a Man City player.
The foul was deliberate and reckless. I dont believe for 1 minute Joe Bennett meant to catch him like that and potentially cause serious injury. I was right in front of the incident and in real time I just thought he tripped him, Its only later you realise how bad it was.
Up to you if you want to join the lynch mob.
Whilst I have found some of those defending Sane to be a little too moralistic some of the tripe I have read from Cardiff fans defending Bennett has been nauseous to say the least. It was a horrible challenge and deserved a red, could have been far far worse for Sane.
Manchester City are not a team of "pansies" or divas really, they looked well up for the fight in my view and have some right horrible bastards in that team, Fernandinho being one. I feel that if our tactics were to get into them and rough them up then that was misjudged because they are a lot harder than many on here give them credit for.