Erling Haaland will face NO retrospective punishment for throwing the ball at Gabriel Magalhaes’ head after Man City’s 2-2 equalizer against Arsenal. VAR reviewed the situation and deemed no action was necessary.



Erling Haaland will face NO retrospective punishment for throwing the ball at Gabriel Magalhaes’ head after Man City’s 2-2 equalizer against Arsenal. VAR reviewed the situation and deemed no action was necessary.

by TheBiasedSportsLover

47 comments
  1. I’m not that bothered by that one. The shoulder barge on Partey really should’ve been a card straight from the next kick off.

  2. Haaland was acting wild that game. I don’t think it was that deep, the throwing ball at the head was more humorous and a wind up. But the way he ran through Thomas partay after the kick off was something you would expect to see in NFL!

  3. The REAL issue no-one is talking about is this recent trend of the main photo accompanying these stories being some reporter. I dgaf whose reporting it. Im a punter who isnt looking to hire or pay these ppl. Show me a relevant photo of the incident ffs

  4. I am sure I have seen red cards for that? That would have been silly but VAR saying no action is equally silly.

  5. Half you wouldn’t survive prime Barclays 😂 this is way better than the best teams being friendly and swapping shirts at half time, joking in the tunnel, etc

  6. In fairness it was hilarious, was def a yellow card but VAR can’t intervene to have a yellow given if the ref doesn’t see it.

  7. I remember Fabregas at Chelsea was given a card for pinning a ball on someone’s head

    I know VAR is not supposed to give yellow cards but they could at least say this is potentially yellow card worthy foul

    If PL and FA want bit of shithousery like most fans do, then let them change the rules

  8. New TikTok prank on unsuspecting City fans (if you can actually find one), throw a ball against the back of their head, record it and post it. Guaranteed millions of likes.

  9. Of course it was fine. Violent conduct in within tbe laws so long as the victim plays for certain teams.

    Really though this is beyond shocking by PGMOL. Referees up and down the country have a nightmare imposing even the lowest levels of discipline, guy picks up the ball after his team scores and does this it’s a red card. Except is it anymore? That doubt created by the world’s leading striker playing to a different rule set will bleed down and cause issues.

  10. Realistically it’s a yellow card offence and they’re not allowed to retrospectively give yellow cards so this isn’t a surprise.

  11. Jesus people need to lighten up, it was a funny bit of shithousery, which has always been a part of football. The game is really gone if stuff like this gets punished.

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