Man City and Tottenham presented the audience with 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 referee Simon Hooper's confusing decision.
Referee Simon Hooper waved for play to continue after Haaland was fouled.
He suddenly blew the whistle again after Jack Grealish touched the ball.
Jack Grealish could absolutely score when he ran down to face the goalkeeper in the last minute (Screenshot).
During Man City's counterattack in injury time, Haaland was fouled. Initially, referee Simon Hooper gave the "green" Man the advantage. After that, Haaland quickly passed for Jack Grealish to run down, extremely dangerous.
But what's worth mentioning is that when Jack Grealish was about to make a run toward Tottenham's goal, referee Simon Hooper changed his decision and blew the whistle.
His decision received a big reaction from Man City players. Because if this "king in black" gives "blue" Man an advantage, this team will have a clear opportunity to score.
Haaland is the player who reacted the most violently. Not only did Haaland aggressively move towards the referee during the match, he also continuously cursed the referee before entering the tunnel. After that, on social networks, the Norwegian striker re-shared the controversial video, accompanied by the status line: "WTF".
Coach Pep Guardiola could not keep calm when he violently protested against referee Simon Hooper. Speaking after the match, the Spanish teacher said: "I don't want to comment 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 uncomfortable to watch the slow motion video and think about the way the referee blew the whistle even though he had previously given Man City the advantage. Honestly, I don't understand what his intentions are. And Haaland's reaction? Normal. It's understandable that he's 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 such a decision.
Obviously, he gave Man City an advantage, right? But what happened? He blew the whistle to stop the match after Jack Grealish touched the ball. The referee should have let the match continue.
Did you see fourth umpire Anthony Taylor's reaction? He seemed to know the referee had made a mistake. I emphasize that this is a dangerous attack situation. The referee can let the match continue, then check VAR later. Everything is like a comedy."
Former Man Utd player Roy Keane said: “The referee made a mistake. He made a bad decision. We all see 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 against Tottenham, Man City was pushed to third place with 3 points, 30 points behind top team Arsenal. Meanwhile, Tottenham dropped to 3th place with 5 points.
