Jose Mourinho Says Luis Suarez Should Have Received Yellow Card For Diving After Eto’o Collision [VIDEO]

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   kopite65

   December 31, 2013 at 6:23 pm

   what a tit nasty snake of a man that mourinho is.

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   Martin J.

   December 30, 2013 at 12:07 pm

   Suarez didn’t do himself any favors by being theatrical. Definitely a penalty though.

   Liverpool haven’t won a big game in 3 years when Howard Webb has been the referee.

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   Tim

   December 30, 2013 at 11:23 am

   Jose Mourinho just met a kettle and remarked on how black it was.

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   Yespage

   December 29, 2013 at 4:34 pm

   I wish they could call fouls in the box without it being an automatic penalty. It was most certainly a foul, as Eto’o stepped his hip in to block Suarez, but the foul didn’t result in a loss of a scoring chance, just kept Suarez from having a chance at stealing the ball back.

   I agree on the Henderson challenge. I have absolutely no idea why he was allowed to play after that. My problem with Webb is that games like this can become too physical because he allows things to get out of hand.

   Chelsea played like the Broad Street bullies in order to try and mitigate Liverpool’s speed. The initial challenge on Henderson was a message.

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     Eddie

     December 29, 2013 at 6:39 pm

     Plus 1 on a Broad St Bullies reference. Eto’o as Billie Barber!

     The foul on Henderson was pretty nasty.

     But, all in all, probably a fair result. Willian and Hazard were excellent, and Suarez barely got a touch. Perhaps a different match with Stevie and/or Sturridge.

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     KapUSMC

     December 30, 2013 at 9:51 am

     I know it will never happen, but I would like to see two rule changes from FIFA. First is have a 12 yard box for fouls/penalty kicks and leave the 18 for goalies to handle the ball. The second, is if you dive in the 12 yard box, it isn’t a yellow for simulation, but the other team gets a penalty. You would see a whole lot less people going to ground then.

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   Aaron

   December 29, 2013 at 4:01 pm

   Even IF Suarez threw up his arms theatrically, the fact that Eto’o caught Suarez’s far shin with his toe AND turned his hip in to create even more contact is a stonewall pen. Hazard, on the other hand, CLEARLY started going to ground well before any contact was made, the same of which cannot be said of Suarez here.

   Ultimately this isn’t about what Mourinho said but a string of decisions Howard Webb made that altered the match, most notably (for me) in not sending off much less booking Eto’o for a genuinely malicious and dangerous high boot on Henderson, who was hobbled for the remainder of the match. Webb set the precedent on that very first call which basically signaled to Chelsea that pretty much everything was fair play.

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     KapUSMC

     December 30, 2013 at 9:46 am

     Your not getting a pen off the ball chasing late in a match. Its just not happening. And you say IF, as if there is a question on IF he went to ground and way over exaggerated it. That was pretty clear. That said, yes, Howard Webb blew the opening call. I don’t care if its the 1st or 90th minute, a bad tackle is a bad tackle. No way should Eto’o even been on the field.

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       yespage

       December 30, 2013 at 9:56 am

       Suarez may have embellished a bit, but Eto’o clearly stuck out his leg to stop Suarez.

       I do agree, that is almost never going to be called for a penalty, unless it is Ashley Young.

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