- Jul 24, 2005
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Couldn't get my head round Alan Smith's comments on the offside goal along the lines of 'It's very hard to make the right decision when the linesman is so close to what has happened'. WTF? Watching the replay you can clearly see that the linesman is watching for a foul and isn't looking across the line at all when the pass is made. He's doing the Ref's job, not his own.
I also thought Fredericks was unlucky with his booking. Mane shoves him in the back and wins the ball, then Fredericks comes back with a tame tackle and Mane goes all Swan Lake and gets a free kick and Fredericks booked.
The problem is that he couldn't look across the line because he wasn't level with play. He's moved ahead of the last man to try and get out of the way of play and then got confused when the ball is passed to Milner.