Howard webb, the referee body chief, claims that the official in charge of manchester city’s 3-3 draw with tottenham hotspur on december 3 made a mistake by refusing to allow play to continue after a foul on Erling haaland.
When city’s jack grealish was through on goal in stoppage time, referee Simon hooper blew his whistle for a foul on haaland in the build-up, having previously waved play-on. Several city players surrounded the referee’s decision to stop play, and the club was later charged by the fa for their conduct.
The match officials says ‘it is an officiating mistake.’ Emerson royal faces a really strong, reckless foul challenge on haaland on this particular occasion,” the referee says. It’s in midfield, and the ball goes backwards. “he does the hard work, but he just hesitates a moment to see if an advantage is possible.”
But he acknowledges in his mind, thinking it through, that it was a big challenge, it was reckless, and that he will have to be careful.” Hooper was “devastated” by the error, according to webb. “it’s not quite so easy to see the way things are going on from a elevated perspective on ground level,” he said.
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