Man City and Tottenham gave the audience an extremely exciting match in round 14 of the Premier League. After 90 minutes, the two teams left the field with a 3-3 draw. However, Man City had to leave the field in frustration with the confusing decision of referee Simon Hooper.
Referee Simon Hooper waved play on after Haaland was fouled.
He blew the whistle again after Jack Grealish touched the ball.
Jack Grealish could have scored when he ran down to face the goalkeeper in the last minute (Screenshot).
In Man City's counter-attack in extra time, Haaland was fouled. Initially, referee Simon Hooper gave Man City the advantage. Then, Haaland quickly passed to Jack Grealish who ran down extremely dangerously.
But it is worth mentioning that at the moment Jack Grealish was about to sprint towards Tottenham's goal, referee Simon Hooper changed his mind and blew the whistle.
His decision received a big reaction from Man City players. Because if this "king in black" had given Man "blue" an advantage, this team would have had a clear chance to score.
Haaland was the player who reacted the most violently. Not only did he aggressively approach the referee during the match, Haaland also continuously cursed the referee before entering the tunnel. Afterwards, on social media, the Norwegian striker shared the controversial video again, along with the status line: "WTF".
Coach Pep Guardiola could not keep his cool when he strongly protested against referee Simon Hooper. Speaking after the match, the Spanish coach said: "I don't want to comment too much on the referee, like Mikel Arteta did (protesting Gordon's goal against Arsenal on November 4).
Haaland got mad at the referee (Photo: ESPN).
It's annoying to watch the slow-motion replays and think about how the referee blew the whistle despite giving Man City the advantage. Honestly, I don't understand what he was thinking. And Haaland's reaction? It's normal. It's understandable that he was disappointed."
Commenting on Sky Sports, expert Micah Richards said: "The referee had an excellent match until the last seconds. I don't understand why he made that decision.
He gave Man City the advantage, right? But what happened? He stopped the game after Jack Grealish touched the ball. The referee should have let the game continue.
Did you see the reaction of the fourth official Anthony Taylor? He seemed to know the referee had made a mistake. I stress that this was a dangerous attack. The referee could have let the game continue and then checked the VAR. It was like a comedy."
Former Man Utd player Roy Keane said: "The referee made a mistake. He made a bad decision. We all saw that clearly. Perhaps Man City can only blame themselves for letting Tottenham make a mistake. They can't look at the referee for that decision."
After the draw with Tottenham, Man City was pushed down to 3rd place with 30 points, 3 points behind the leader Arsenal. Meanwhile, Tottenham dropped to 5th place with 27 points.
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