Mourinho; 'the lucky one'
Jose Mourinho second coming has been hailed by many Chelsea fans as the dawn of a new era, of a return to winning the Premiership and plenty more silverware and with his record, they have every right to be confident. But shouldn't he be called 'the lucky one' after what happened at Stamford Bridge at the weekend? Put simply, it was never a penalty!
"I have watched it two or three times and it was a clear penalty.
"The referee made many mistakes during the game but that was not a mistake."
"It is always a difficult situation to accept for the team that is winning, but when they go home they will see on their screens that it was a situation where the referee did not make a mistake."
"The boy went into the box, he went down looking for it and the referee obliged him," argued Clarke.
The atmosphere at the bigger stadiums when you go away from home can influence decisions, but I think the decision today was particularly galling.
"It is ridiculous to have to take it because it wasn't a penalty. That's five points my team have lost because of late decisions on penalties.
"I'm sad and I'm angry but I'm also very proud because we were magnificent today.
"This is a difficult place to come. Chelsea are one of the teams that are going to fight for the title. We suffered a disappointment losing the goal before half-time and in the second half we were really good and deserved all three points."
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To the naked eye it's obvious the Chelsea player went looking for the penalty kick; surely that isn't in keeping with what the game is all about?
An award of a penalty should happen for this reason, as explained in the rules;
'If any player shall intentionally trip or hold an opposing player, or deliberately handle the ball, within twelve yards of his own goal-line, the referee shall, on appeal, award the opposing side a penalty-kick, to be taken from any point twelve yards from the goal-line.'
So with the rules clearly written for all to see, how did the referee award the penalty?
Written by Paul Moore, a football fan.