We were cheated today

That will go down in the history books that game.

When you see a set of officials refusing to disallow blatant offside goals or implement the laws of the game that is just not on. Not to mention allowing the Chelsea players to dominate him and tell him what decisions to make.

Can.understand why the ref did it as he doesn't want to get stick in.the media for a top 6 not winning- whereas he will get a free pass now, but the premier league should take a long look at themselves for allowing this to go,on.

It was farcical

We only started getting decisions when they were 2-1 up and he knew that Chelsea would win

It was so obvious i do question if they were mistakes or part of a deliberate plan today.

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Originally Posted by Father Dougal

It was so obvious i do question if they were mistakes or part of a deliberate plan today.

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You almost hope that they're cheating on purpose rather than them being THAT bad at their jobs

What an absolute f*king disgrace. Those decisions will cost our club hundreds of millions, players livelihoods etc. Absolutely disgusting.

No doubt in my mind.

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Originally Posted by City123

You almost hope that they're cheating on purpose rather than them being THAT bad at their jobs

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Even him giving them 7 minutes to get the winner. As it happened they only needed about 7 seconds- but i bet it wouldn't have been 7 minutes had they scored before 90

Any the Sky guy thinks it's one big joke.

It does make you wonder sometimes. The 'top 6' (or top 4) have so much more money flowing in due to European competitions, and hence so much more money at stake, that it does make you wonder if refs are 'more concerned' about the top 4/6 clubs winning at times.

I wouldn't usually think of conspiracy theories and all, but when you look into the murky world of agents and how dodgy some deals are when there's big money at stake, why can't refs be 'slightly' corrupt..?

It’s gross incompetence. It will cost Catdiff big time. Win that game and it’s on for survival but to lose due to useless officiating isn’t on.
I dont believe they cheated because the tv cameras were there and they would be putting their careers on the line. None of those involved should be reffing at this level again.

Not only will that result cost us but it could cost Arsenal and Man Utd.
An absolute disgrace, how can this incompetence carry on?

Absolutely tamping that was a ****ing disgrace

If we go down by 2 points...

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Originally Posted by Father Dougal

That will go down in the history books that game.

When you see a set of officials refusing to disallow blatant offside goals or implement the laws of the game that is just not on. Not to mention allowing the Chelsea players to dominate him and tell him what decisions to make.

Can.understand why the ref did it as he doesn't want to get stick in.the media for a top 6 not winning- whereas he will get a free pass now, but the premier league should take a long look at themselves for allowing this to go,on.

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To be honest and a bit contrary, no one at all appealed for the offside. Not one player.

The way he edged backwards and the fact a few players crossed paths meant it was not obvious on first viewing.

OT - Who was Sky's Man of the Match - had to get out of the house for a few minutes when they equalized and missed the announcement!!

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Originally Posted by TheMightyBluebirds

It does make you wonder sometimes. The 'top 6' (or top 4) have so much more money flowing in due to European competitions, and hence so much more money at stake, that it does make you wonder if refs are 'more concerned' about the top 4/6 clubs winning at times.

I wouldn't usually think of conspiracy theories and all, but when you look into the murky world of agents and how dodgy some deals are when there's big money at stake, why can't refs be 'slightly' corrupt..?

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Indeed. Dont think ive ever seen anything like i saw today.

Juventes got relegated a few seasons ago so we know it happen.

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To be honest and a bit contrary, no one at all appealed for the offside. Not one player.

The way he edged backwards and the fact a few players crossed paths meant it was not obvious on first viewing.

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Pretty sure Morrison did

Besides, it shouldn't take appeals for officials to be able to do their jobs properly

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Originally Posted by City123

If we go down by 2 points...

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Then we will deserve to have gone down.

Chelsea scored a legitimate second with completely $hite defending from us so scrub the offside goal and we would have got a point.

Totally mugged.

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Then we will deserve to have gone down.

Chelsea scored a legitimate second with completely $hite defending from us so scrub the offside goal and we would have got a point.

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Yes, because the offside goal prior to that had absolutely no impact on that, not one bit.

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Yes, because the offside goal prior to that had absolutely no impact on that, not one bit.

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Chelsea were putting pressure on anyway.

Can you explain how an offside decision impacts on not being able to cut out a cross or beat Loftus-Cheek to the ball for the header?

We had a point to battle for despite several bad decisions. We failed to deal with a fairly simple cross into the box and conceded a second.

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Chelsea were putting pressure on anyway.

Can you explain how an offside decision impacts on not being able to cut out a cross or beat Loftus-Cheek to the ball for the header?

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Butterfly effect.
We would’ve gone down the other end and put one in the top corner.

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Originally Posted by Pearcey3

It’s gross incompetence. It will cost Catdiff big time. Win that game and it’s on for survival but to lose due to useless officiating isn’t on.
I dont believe they cheated because the tv cameras were there and they would be putting their careers on the line. None of those involved should be reffing at this level again.

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Im not sure. Maybe more sub conscious than conscious but the ref would have known by giving the big decisions to chelsea he would avoid attention.

Sky thought it was funny.

BBC 5 live called us brave and and unfortunate cardiff and joked about hearing from neil warnock later.

Nobody would call it as it was- just imagine the fuss if a ref gave decisions to smaller teams! Couldn't imagine it. The ref today knew that and reffed accordingly.

Robbed.

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Butterfly effect.
We would’ve gone down the other end and put one in the top corner.

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We didn't.

City had a point within grasp after the offside goal but lost that due to bad defending. If we defend that and see the game out then we get a point. We failed to do that.

Why did we wait until the 80th minute to bring on fresh legs?

I feel sick

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Chelsea were putting pressure on anyway.

Can you explain how an offside decision impacts on not being able to cut out a cross or beat Loftus-Cheek to the ball for the header?

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Because a completely different set of actions would have taken place?

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Originally Posted by Father Dougal

Im not sure. Maybe more sub conscious than conscious but the ref would have known by giving the big decisions to chelsea he would avoid attention.

Sky thought it was funny.

BBC 5 live called us brave and and unfortunate cardiff and joked about hearing from neil warnock later.

Nobody would call it as it was- just imagine the fuss if a ref gave decisions to smaller teams! Couldn't imagine it. The ref today knew that and reffed accordingly.

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It was different to say the ref v Watford who missed that obvious pen. He was just a bad ref for both sides. I've no bad feeling to that ref.

Today felt different- not just the big decisions either.

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Because a completely different set of actions would have taken place?

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You could argue that for every decision really though couldn't you.

We had a point, didn't defend a cross and lost that point. It really is that simple.

The decisions were shocking but so was getting out muscled and the bad defending for the Chelsea second.

It’s hard enough when you’re battling very good teams for points to avoid relegation, but when you have to play against the officials as well... makes it almost impossible to win these games

Disgraceful

If the teams were reversed Chelsea would have had two penalties, a Cardiff defender would have been sent off (Rudiger incident) and the goal would have been ruled offside. Nobody could convince me differently.

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You could argue that for every decision really though couldn't you.

We had a point, didn't defend a cross and lost that point. It really is that simple.

The decisions were shocking but so was getting out muscled and the bad defending for the Chelsea second.

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We had three points and got cheated

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You could argue that for every decision really though couldn't you.

We had a point, didn't defend a cross and lost that point. It really is that simple.

The decisions were shocking but so was getting out muscled and the bad defending for the Chelsea second.

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Rudiger should have seen red. Cardiff had two strong penalty appeals turned away. The equaliser was as bad as I have seen from a professional referee. At what point do you want to accept that Cardiff were totally and utterly robbed?

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When you see a set of officials refusing to disallow blatant offside goals or implement the laws of the game that is just not on.

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City were very unfortunate with the goal. No doubt about that. Azpilicueta clearly came back from an offside position. If VAR was in the use, the goal would certainly have been ruled out. However, the same is true of Sol Bamba's 90th minute winner against Brighton back in November. That one wasn't so blatant, but VAR would have ruled it out all the same.

A couple of quick points about the Chelsea equaliser: Sky's replays eventually showed that Willian was blocking the lineman's view at the point that the ball was flicked on, and only one City player appealed - none of those near Azpilicueta did. The game is so fast that these sort of mistakes crop up on a regular basis and they always have. It's human error, not some big conspiracy against the Bluebirds. Indeed, today's decision could have a huge impact at the top of the table come the end of the season.

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City were very unfortunate with the goal. No doubt about that. Azpilicueta clearly came back from an offside position. If VAR was in the use, the goal would certainly have been ruled out. However, the same is true of Sol Bamba's 90th minute winner against Brighton back in November. That one wasn't so blatant, but VAR would have ruled it out all the same.

A couple of quick points about the Chelsea equaliser: Sky's replays eventually showed that Willian was blocking the lineman's view at the point that the ball was flicked on, and only one City player appealed - none of those near Azpilicueta did. The game is so fast that these sort of mistakes crop up on a regular basis and they always have. It's human error, not some big conspiracy against the Bluebirds. Indeed, today's decision could have a huge impact at the top of the table come the end of the season.

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I doubt it will have much impact.

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Rudiger should have seen red. Cardiff had two strong penalty appeals turned away. The equaliser was as bad as I have seen from a professional referee. At what point do you want to accept that Cardiff were totally and utterly robbed?

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The referee couldn't possibly have seen the offside from his position.

As for Rudiger seeing red, I thought so initially but the angle from behind the goal suggested the keeper was always going to get the ball and Zohore wasn't as near to it as it first seemed. It also looked the collision between the two players was accidental. Debatable I suppose, but not a red card for me, although that was my original verdict.

City were definitely hard done by today, no doubt about it. However, I don't for one minute think the officials make these mistakes deliberately. By allegedly favouring Chelsea, they would also be working against the likes of Arsenal, Spurs and Man Utd. It's not a conspiracy, it's just human error.

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I doubt it will have much impact.

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You may be right as Chelsea were abysmal for most of the game. They seem right out of form at present, but if they do end up nicking a Champions League spot by a point or two today's result will obviously be significant.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

City were very unfortunate with the goal. No doubt about that. Azpilicueta clearly came back from an offside position. If VAR was in the use, the goal would certainly have been ruled out. However, the same is true of Sol Bamba's 90th minute winner against Brighton back in November. That one wasn't so blatant, but VAR would have ruled it out all the same.

A couple of quick points about the Chelsea equaliser: Sky's replays eventually showed that Willian was blocking the lineman's view at the point that the ball was flicked on, and only one City player appealed - none of those near Azpilicueta did. The game is so fast that these sort of mistakes crop up on a regular basis and they always have. It's human error, not some big conspiracy against the Bluebirds. Indeed, today's decision could have a huge impact at the top of the table come the end of the season.

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It was a couple of yards offside but It wasn't even the worst decision against us today never mind of the season.

I don't think it's an anti cardiff thing. We will get relegated because overall we aren't quite good enough. Not far off but not got enough.

However it was building up to a big decision going against us the way he reffed from the off. In the end a couple of them did and all went for them. The way it always does for top 6 sides.