Ref si bei jia lat..

Du Lan.. That was the only reason why i did not blog straight away aft yst's match.. I know Liverpool beat Man Utd twice last season, but yst's defeat, was just unbearable.. I cld totally accept last season's double defeat cos plainly, Man Utd were rubbish then.. But yst, come on, it was more of the ref killing the game than Man Utd not deserving any result, a draw wld have been fair, but i still believed Man Utd cld have won..

Most people would come out and say Liverpool was the better team, they wanted it more than Man Utd.. I think it's true to a certain extend.. Yes, Liverpool played their lungs out.. They closed down scholes and carrick at every opportunity they had.. Whether was it, Lucas, Mascherano, Kuyt and even Torres did it.. Man Utd was seriously restricted..

But the way i looked at it, i felt Man Utd wanted to tire Liverpool out and strike when their guards were down.. The fact that Man Utd was playing away, they were more cautious, they cldnt expect to be gung ho in attack.. That is why they kept keeping possession and passing the ball around.. But I was impressed with Liverpool for this match only, becos it seemed like they were running endlessly.. They were never tired to close dwn the midfield.. And that for me, won the game.. Everyone knows most of the plays start from the central midfield pair.. Scholes sending a diagonal pass to a winger, or Carrick playing the strikers through..

That being said, Liverpool could continuously close them down becos of one plain reason, the bloody ref.. Think of Man Utd vs Tottenham this season.. Tottenham was doing the exact same thing Liverpool was doing.. Palacios and Huddlestone close down the midfield fast, they purposely trip the players just to stop the attack.. And Man Utd was shouting at the ref each time Palacios did those small tackles to break down the attack, cos it was like 5-6 times, and they were furious the ref did not decide to book him for excessive fouling..

And when the ref finally did, Palacios was like a tamed lion, he did not dare to risk his game any further cos of that yellow card.. He stopped those little fouls to break up attack, even 50-50 balls he would have to think twice.. That yellow card was so crucial in that game, cos from then on, Man Utd won the game.. Redknapp knew Palacios cldnt do anything anymore, so he took him out at half time for Jenas.. That was when Man Utd controlled the whole game already..

So the same theory goes back to yst's match.. How in the world did Lucas escaped w/o a yellow card?? Liverpool made 20 fouls compared to Man Utd's 13.. Probably half of that amount was Lucas who made them.. He did what Palacios did, take out the player when they are starting the attack.. Mascherano also did the same thing, but look what happened when he had the yellow card, he wasnt diving for tackles anymore.. He was tamed.. And in the end, Mascherano who probably made half the fouls of Lucas got sent off, and Lucas still haven even get a yellow card!!

U wanna talk about logic or consistency in refereeing?? That was bullshit.. If Lucas had a yellow card in the first half, the game wld have changed.. And subsequently when Mascherano got a yellow, i can confidently say, Man Utd wld have owned.. Cos who can Benitez bring in for either of them?? The youngster Spearing?? Dun think so.. That was the first showing of how the ref screwed the game..

The second and most blatant poor refereeing.. Was the Carragher incident.. How the hell was it not a red, i still had no idea.. How cld Vidic be sent off last yr for a similar incident, but Carragher only got a yellow?? How.. I dun get it.. Carragher sent off wld change the game?? Definitely.. He was the one clearing the balls, making the crucial interceptions n tackles in the defence, he was on form.. It wld have made a whole lot of diff if he was sent off..

Yes, people can say Liverpool still wld have won, cos all i can give now is what ifs.. What if Lucas was cautioned.. What if Carragher was sent off.. True, no guarantee Man Utd wld have won, but i believe their chances of winning wld have tripled if both that decisions came to pass..

But i will still have a dig at Liverpool.. Yes, you may have perform outstandingly yst, but the reason why you cant win the EPL, is becos u only raise your games against Man Utd, and when it comes to other teams, u will go back to your old form.. So forgot about winning the tittle..

I can never accept this defeat, cos plainly to me, the ref screwed it up.. I din think Man Utd played badly.. I say again, i cld accept last season's two losses, but not yst..