What has he said? I agree it was pretty much the same as the Costa incident, so it would be considerable hypocrisy to defend it.

It's some insult to have your arrogance publicly criticised by Nigel Pearson.

That Skrtl isn't that type of player (lol) and he went to nick the ball away but wasn't quick enough

IMO Skrtl knew he was going to stand on De Gea, *possibly* extended his stride a little to make sure of it. Made absolutely no attempt to evade standing on a floored keeper when he could have done.

IMO Diego Costa was attempting to retrieve the ball quickly because Can was writhing around on the floor in an attempt to con a free kick. Costa stood on Can's leg accidentally.

I know this is highly convenient for a Chelsea fan, but I'd have sent Costa off for pulling Luiz's hair v PSG and Cahill should have got 6 games for kicking Harry Kane and stamping on his leg on New Years Day.

I've watched Diego Costa nearly every minute he's played. That boy doesn't do subtle. If he'd stamped Can there would have been absolutely no denying it. Just like there's no denying Gerrard and Cahill did it.

As I have been preaching. Just see each incident with truthful, honest, intelligent eyes.

Yeah, right. Complete gubbins from Rodgers.

Cheers for letting me know.

Skrtl, not content with taking the three-game ban, took to his instagram page and posted a picture of a bunch of clowns, in reference to the disciplinary panel. Fitting of the club he plays for i suppose

Never their fault

They should be forced to have that as their main sponsor for 5 years as punishment for their lies.

At what point does the repetition of "I can't get a managerial job because I'm black" cease to become tiresome and actually be deemed some sort of incitement or bringing the game into disrepute?

How poor were Man City today? I was shocked at just how bad they have become. Change of manager needed?

Regards

King James

City's recent displays are adequate proof of why having shedloads of cash and fetching in mercenaries isn't always a huge advantage.

Its fantastic when you are on form and in the hunt for trophies, but once things go slightly awry and there becomes a need to dig deep and show a little pride in the shirt, then teams like City go missing because, to put it bluntly, they don't actually give a for their clubs, they are just interested in their next destination or size of their pay packets.

The most despicable thing about City today was that they gave up without a fight - Once United equalised you could only see one result. United were not actually that good, but they had passion and fight and it easily overcame City's superior skill levels.

City's performance today was the type which seals a manager's fate - I'd be surprised if Pellegrini sees the season out.

Audrey Roberts out at City and Klopp in?

It does seem to fit rather nicely doesn't it. I can't help but think Arsenal should step in however, retire Arsene upstairs where he can't do as much damage and get Klopp in.