PairyGrows wrote:DiamondGooner wrote:PairyGrows wrote:Great performance by Mustafi. Granted, the goal shouldn't have counted, but he stood out for me with his defensive efforts as well. Some of the last-ditch tackles he pulled off were particularly impressive.
We have a good player in Mustafi. He can thrive f he can get rid of the occasional lapses in concentration. We should stick with him - unless we can find a better player to replace him.
The goal shouldn't have counted?
Lets remove Man Cities goals which were wildly offside then talk about our marginal ones first.
Our goals were fine in comparison to that trash that was allowed, in real time I saw Cities goal was way off.
Well, I pointed out Mustafi's goal being wrongly given just to provide a consistent point of view. An offside goal is an offside goal - whether the margin of offside be an inch or 10 yards - and as such it shouldn't count. If we complain about offside calls going against us, I think it's only fair we acknowledge instances where they go in our favour.
Don't get me wrong; we deserved to win the game regardless of one major call going in our favour - just like City deserved to beat us a couple of weeks ago. Calls go for and against you, but if you're good enough to win a game, you will win the game more often than not. That's why I don't complain about the referees too often.
for me
the body parts offside is a bs rule.