Read on Twitter
Within hours of seeing their side comprehensively lose, City accounts were splicing together photos purporting to show how they were “cheated.” They missed Bernardo’s handball, ignored how close Trent’s arm was to his body for the second handball, and closed their eyes to this: https://twitter.com/langaz997/status/1193890453768290304
City stand accused of paying players and managers alike under the table, funding their own sponsorships, and colluding with UEFA officials to evade punishment. It’s not bad enough that their method of success involves buying the best side possible; they feel *entitled* to win.
That sentiment extends from too many of their fans — who look the other way when it’s convenient and try to make false equivalence arguments when they can’t ignore something — to their players themselves. It’s seen when Rodri petulantly pretends he was on the better side when ...
... his own anonymity and sheer ineptness played such a central part in that defeat. It was seen last year in Kompany, who launched a recklessly dangerous tackle at Salah only to mouth off to him — as if the Egyptian was at fault. And it’s most definitely seen in Sterling, ...
... who tried to pick a fight with Gomez on and off the pitch, and stamped on Van Dijk’s ankle without any hope — or even intention — of playing the ball.
City fans want to talk about VAR and referees in general, but they have short and selective memories about both. They ...
City fans want to talk about VAR and referees in general, but they have short and selective memories about both. They ...
... forget that, of our two clubs, it’s us — not them — who were demonstrably robbed of points in the closest title race since AGUEROOOOOO clinched it for them in the dying moments.
They ignore that we have had bad calls against us this campaign, too. We simply find ways to win.
They ignore that we have had bad calls against us this campaign, too. We simply find ways to win.
And I think that’s the part that burns them, deep inside.
They know how their team was assembled, and they’ve tried to convince themselves that this was the only way to “break in.” Klopp & Liverpool were amusing to them until last year, because we didn’t pose a threat. Last ...
They know how their team was assembled, and they’ve tried to convince themselves that this was the only way to “break in.” Klopp & Liverpool were amusing to them until last year, because we didn’t pose a threat. Last ...
... year we did, though. We pushed them to the limit despite only spending marginally (relatively speaking) more on players than what we made from sales. That exposes the lie they tell themselves about their project. Winning the Champions League made us “unbearable” because ...
... it took the spotlight* off them. Us winning the Premier League would rob them of any excuses. No wonder they’re so upset.
* From a domestic treble wherein two cups were largely won by beating lower-league opposition, and through controversially bad refereeing, at that.
* From a domestic treble wherein two cups were largely won by beating lower-league opposition, and through controversially bad refereeing, at that.
