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Roberto Mancini feels decisions are going against Manchester City
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini feels the penalty his side conceded in their win at Fulham was the latest key decision to go against them recently.
City won 2-1 after falling behind when referee Mark Halsey adjudged Pablo Zabaleta fouled John Arne Riise.
"It was out of the box and it was no foul, no penalty," Mancini said.
Mancini pleased with City win
"There were a lot of mistakes in the past four games. We accept this, but we're not happy. We can do nothing, only continue to play."
Sergio Aguero equalised before half-time and Edin Dzeko came off the bench to score an 87th-minute winner for Mancini's men, who went into the game without a victory in four games in all competitions.
City had to battle to break down a determined Fulham defence and Mancini felt their job at Craven Cottage was made more even harder by Fulham's early spot-kick.
"Against Fulham here it is always difficult," the City boss said. "They are a good team, have good players, a good manager.
"This pitch is always tough for us but the problem is we were 1-0 down and I don't know why because the penalty was not a penalty.
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Fulham have won none of their last seven Premier League games against Man City (W0 D3 L4).
Fulham have won just one of their 11 Premier League home games against Man City (W1 D5 L5). Only against Chelsea (W1 D5 L5) do Fulham have a home record as bad.
"Sometimes it is a penalty but the referee is there to take a decision. Sometimes he does well, sometimes he can do bad.
"If we go to watch all our last three games, against Stoke it was handball (for Peter Crouch's goal). I don't know why the referee that was behind didn't give it. Against Arsenal there was one penalty [we should have been awarded].
"We were 1-0 down and Fulham didn't shoot on goal for the first 20 minutes.
"That was a problem but I am happy because the players continued to play well, kept calm and we had a lot of chances."
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Comment number 145.
thebluecube1st October 2012 - 23:49
125.dribbler Excellent summation.
The use of existing technology could resolve goal line (& other line) decisions & offside within 6 months if the will was there to make it happen. Leaving referees to concentrate on interpreting 'incidents' which are not 'matters of fact'
The Aussie Rules 'report' system would be a huge step forward, stopping offenders getting away with what the refs missed live
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thebluecube1st October 2012 - 23:34
137: The thing with handballs is that referees interpret the law differently. The law says handball is only handball when there is 'deliberate' action to handle the ball.
So for example Peter Crouches handball the week before, isn't. Zabalettas absolutely isn't. There's not attempt to do anything with his hand except lean on it.
All the talk about 'gaining an advantage', is just TV talk.
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Chelsea 9 vs MU 111st October 2012 - 16:30
Riise doesn't have the fortitude to stay up. He took a dive for a small touch. . No ifs or buts about the weakling.
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Plain Speaking1st October 2012 - 15:02
I agree totally with introducing video technology like in RFU for decisions on goals, penalties and sending off. There also should also be more potential for post match retrospective action.
Mancini has witnessed first hand the match fixing scandal in Italy. With the huge money in the PL the authorities should take whatever steps it can to make sure results and decisions are as fair as possible.
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Comment number 141.
mikey blathers1st October 2012 - 13:10
So Mancini is the latest manager to imagine that referees have a conspiracy against his team. What childish paranoia, how utterly tedious.
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