(Dis)advantage for City? Referee Hooper makes big mistakes often, Tottenham held for the second time this season

Social networks are still addressing Simon Hooper’s ungranted advantage. The head referee saved Tottenham from a Jack Grealish raid on Sunday when he blew the whistle for a foul at 3-3. The Citizens didn’t strike again in the stoppage time, and it was far from the first big hesitation from Hooper anyway.

Southampton vs. Watford 1:1

Today the Championship participants, then Premier League. Both teams were taking a point in 2018 and both felt aggrieved. The visitors because of a penalty not taken after a tackle on Nathaniel Chalobah, which should have seen a second yellow card in addition to Ryan Bertrand.

On the other side, Charlie Austin’s goal was disallowed due to an alleged offside by Maya Yoshida. After the game, the now legendary interview with an angry Charlie Austin, whose eyes were red with rage, was conducted.

Brighton vs. Manchester United 2:3

A huge rarity from the 2020/21 covid season, which was dealt with primarily because the players were already leaving for the booths. Harry Maguire complained about his hand in the whitewash and Hooper, although he blew off the end, communicated with VAR and ordered the penalty kick.

In this case, it wasn’t an outright error as the referee was right to return to the tackle. But why did he stop the game if he knew he was going to investigate? There was a lot of anger on the south coast when Bruno Fernandes decided the Red Devils triumph.

Manchester United vs. Wolves 1: 0

A start to this season, a surprisingly good performance by Wolverhampton at Old Trafford and a chance to get points. Goalkeeper Andre Onana fisted Sasha Kalajdžić on his Premier League debut, VAR surprisingly didn’t react.

Gary O’Neil said last week that he no longer believes in VAR. In his opinion, Wolves have already been robbed of points five times this season. And the truth is that at least the penalty after the foul on Fabian Schar was wrongly awarded.

Tottenham vs. Liverpool 2: 1

Needless to say. A badly communicated situation between the referees on the pitch and on the video, Liverpool were not awarded a regulation goal. To make matters worse, the Reds conceded the decisive goal in the last minute of stoppage time.

Source: Premier League