The ref

[PSRB]

was bloody awful. About 3 corners given as goal kicks. Every 50/50 went to Chelsea and how did Palmer not get a yellow before the one he did get!

[WES]

was bloody awful. About 3 corners given as goal kicks. Every 50/50 went to Chelsea and how did Palmer not get a yellow before the one he did get!

Rooney nattering on about how Gabriel should have had a red card for kicking Martinez in the head.

Utter nonsense of course, and it reeks of the sort of desperation we used to see when the Munichs were top of the league. Everyone will be endlessly looking for Arsenal favouritism this year.

It's because we're champions

[Rich]

was bloody awful. About 3 corners given as goal kicks. Every 50/50 went to Chelsea and how did Palmer not get a yellow before the one he did get!

I see Rooney and others think Gabriel should have been sent off for the kick to Martinez's head. I think that's harsh.

All well and good saying that when looking at it in slow motion,,, but it was a pile of bodies and happened very quickly. He was clearly trying to kick the ball and given they were lying on the floor in a heap it makes controlling ones legs quite a lot harder.

[Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult]

Perhaps the ref, linos and Var just thought that Martinez deserves a good kick in the head? The rest of the world does.

[All Guns Blazing II]

Rooney nattering on about how Gabriel should have had a red card for kicking Martinez in the head.

Utter nonsense of course, and it reeks of the sort of desperation we used to see when the Munichs were top of the league. Everyone will be endlessly looking for Arsenal favouritism this year.

It's because we're champions

Rooney has been reduced to slumming it with internet rage baiters like that Goldbridge character. Quite the tumble.

[PSRB]

It's also ridicules that you can overturn a corner given incorrectly but not a goal-kick, surely it has to work both ways?

[Peter]

It's also ridicules that you can overturn a corner given incorrectly but not a goal-kick, surely it has to work both ways?

Utterly ridiculous rule. I'd love someone to explain the logic to me.

And wouldnt it tempt refs to give a corner if they are not sure? Apparently not....

[pjlincs]

I presume it's because there's a risk of a corner incorrectly given leading to a goal. Which increases the argument for VAR looking at both scenarios as an incorrectly awarded goal kick denies the attacking team a goalscoring opportunity.

The simple refereeing rule if you are not sure for a corner / goal kick / throw-in is to give it to the defence, causes less harm.