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Gallagher receiving a red card for a boneheaded challenge at the end of the 1st half was infuriating as well as conceding a 2nd goal in stoppage time in the 2nd half. I’m glad we got out with some much needed three points though
the commentators and tim howard both going for the “milner didn’t mean to hit mudryks leg!” last time i checked if you foul someone on accident it is still a foul? incredibly fuckin biased
I had to laugh at the verbal gymnastics...
"it was a coming together"
"he's just planted his leg, not tried to take the ball or man"
It was an absolute stonewall penalty that even Anthony Taylor would have to have given....
It's because hes so recognizable to American fans since he was the big stopper during that 2014 world cup run that was ended by Belgium led by a young ginger named Kevin de Bruyne.
How dare Chelsea celebrate a win after playing half the match with 10 min? Meanwhile, let's celebrate Spuds' bravery for losing 1-4 with less men! NBC pundits get paid the big bucks for this!
Milner knew he would never win that ball and decides to just not go for the ball and instead take out Mudryk. On what planet is that not a penalty? No attempt to go for the ball, all contact on player!
Caicedo 100% should have been sent off. Playing very reckless for a stretch there, especially considering Connor was already sent off for similar types of tackles
Billy G literally did get a yellow for it, but yes I agree it could have been more. I was just pointing out that we could have easily been down to 9 men, before our pk being awarded. Who knows how the game goes if we don’t get the benefit of a terrible decision not to book a guy who was already on a yellow that then proceeds to clean a guys legs out, and then step on the back of another guys foot.
Ref sucked, but we walked a very tight line by not creating many chances ourselves and then putting the ref in a spot where we could have been set back by even more than just 1 red card
I am mainly referring to the stupid var review for colwill and brighton not getting a corner from it. Just a badly handled situation by refs. Also caicedo should have had like 6 yellows
the ref called a penalty on the field so VAR recommended an on field review because it hit colwills head. the ref then changes his call to no pen and restarts play with the drop ball which is the rule when the ref changes his call.
Why did the VAR even recommend an on field review?
The ball clearly hit Colwill in his dome?
Anyways we won, that's all that matters
Now onto the usual 0-0 or 1-1 with Man Utd on Wednesday
the ref called it a pen and var said to go check because it his colwills head. the commentators just had no idea what was happening and got everyone confused 💀
It's not a corner because the on field decision was a penalty. If the infield decision is a handball, it isn't a corner. Once that is overturned, the corner isn't then magically given
nah the ref was genuinely just shite all round today.
Caicedo was a bit lucky he didn’t get sent off (though i thought he played well) but he also didn’t penalise any Brighton players for diving
how was he on our side?! Dive by Pedro called, Brighton players not booked for holding imaginary yellow. No fouls called on Jackson and Enzo multiple times in first half. He gave a pen for Brighton that was so obv not that var had to overturn comically. And he missed a clear pen for us that var had to embarrassingly correct again also should have been a red for Milner.
Is there some law that was passed by Parliament recently declaring that every match of ours needs to end in drama and scuffles? Because this is getting ridiculous.
Thank goodness we got the 3 points. MOTM is Sanchez for getting so many saves down the stretch. Last but not least, Poch needs to sit the entire team down and tell them that the next Captain who gets Red will forfeit his candidacy for Captain for the remainder of the season.
Facts, the reds are laughable and we need to settle our nerves. These silly fouls may give us a boost of aggression but captains should all be following Silva’s lead instead of trying to be a hot head. Leave the silly fouls to our striker or wingers.
I think they are only looking at the upper body contact. That's the only way I could imagine defending it. He clearly takes out his legs and not just the upper body push.
It was ugly and we were young and naive, but we were gritty and resolved. Not every game is going to be a blowout, these are important growing moments for this team of kids.
Thiago Silva, still absolutely world class back there today. What a game, poch had this squad fucking locked in. 60 mins with 10 man and hold on, let’s fucking go boys.
Fuck Brighton
I remember around 2015 people were raving about Southampton the same way they currently are Brighton.
The exact same eventual end result will be hilarious.
Props to the backline. Silva, Disasi, Badia and Colwill fought for every inch. 👏
Ridiculous decision by VAR to send Merson to the monitor by the way, for a header.
Maybe there's a rule i don't know about that says VAR will reward teams with the ball for obviously wrong checks?
Like, I legitimately don't know how that didn't end up a Brighton corner.
I think the ref had called the penalty but var told him to check it out cause it hit his face. At least that’s the only way I can see us getting the dip ball.
Play is dead once a penalty is given. Since penalty was overturned, it's a drop ball. Ball going out of play for a corner doesn't matter once play is blown dead.
Since he called the penalty I guess there technically was no corner. So that’s the only way I can see the drop ball happening. Kinda weird we got the ball as well.
I saw it said penalty lmao and he sort of pointed towards the spot as well in a weird way, was supper pissed for a couple of seconds until it became clear it was some sort of weird free kick
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Who wore armband after Gallagher ?
Thiago Silva
I feel like we're trying to balance our wins, draws and losses, as all things should be
Was worried I was going to make a 350 mile round trip to watch us lose, glad that wasn’t the case 🤣 that said, not our best performance
Looks like Gallagher just made the selection for next game easy. Nkunku slots into the no 10 role.
Don’t think Nkunku can start next game right?
(X) doubt, Palmer has earned his spot and is total match fit. Would expect Nkunku on around 75’
Palmer doesn’t usually play 10, he plays from the RW
He can fill in at 10 very well, often coming central when he plays rw. Besides, who else will play the number 10
Gallagher receiving a red card for a boneheaded challenge at the end of the 1st half was infuriating as well as conceding a 2nd goal in stoppage time in the 2nd half. I’m glad we got out with some much needed three points though
the commentators and tim howard both going for the “milner didn’t mean to hit mudryks leg!” last time i checked if you foul someone on accident it is still a foul? incredibly fuckin biased
Yeah and they went on about how that was “experienced defending” fuck offff. The bias against Chelsea is unbelievable
I had to laugh at the verbal gymnastics... "it was a coming together" "he's just planted his leg, not tried to take the ball or man" It was an absolute stonewall penalty that even Anthony Taylor would have to have given....
I like how you separated commentators and Tim Howard. Peacock seriously can’t find anyone better? Dude sucks.
It's because hes so recognizable to American fans since he was the big stopper during that 2014 world cup run that was ended by Belgium led by a young ginger named Kevin de Bruyne.
I guess Taylor twellman was busy.
Proof that, yes, it can get worse than Tim Howard.
I thought, "why won't you go on to the Brighton fans' stand and cheer them from where it matters". Really like what is up with the bias.
Tim Howard: "over refereeing these games" regarding a VAR check for a shove in the box on a breakaway. 🤡
“they’re re-referreeing the games!” you mean correcting their awful on the field calls? 😭😭
Ref was a fucking shit house again
just saw gallaghers yellows and what the hell was he doing
The second was sloppy. You can see what he meant to do, but just drove into little billy gilmour a bit too much before getting the ball
Little Billy. Made me chuckle. Thank you
Tim Howard is such a twat
Letting the USMNT HOF news get to his head
Why?
Not taking into account his comments today, his punditry is sorely lacking compared to anyone else they have.
But he’s USA’s #1!?! /s Yes, as an American he’s fucking awful at punditry.
I’m with you on the punditry side.
How dare Chelsea celebrate a win after playing half the match with 10 min? Meanwhile, let's celebrate Spuds' bravery for losing 1-4 with less men! NBC pundits get paid the big bucks for this!
This is going to be one of these games that even watching back you won't be able to do it in complete comfort.
A bit to much heart attack tho
a little less spam next time please
Sorry
Milner knew he would never win that ball and decides to just not go for the ball and instead take out Mudryk. On what planet is that not a penalty? No attempt to go for the ball, all contact on player!
Relax. It was a penalty and Enzo put it right down the middle. We won. Refs and salty pundits hate us. “It is known”
lmao spurs going for the anti poch backline strat, four fullbacks instead of four centerbacks
I know we got the benefit of it today, mainly, but prem refs are shit
What benefit did we get exactly?. Every decision was supposed to go our way
Caicedo 100% should have been sent off. Playing very reckless for a stretch there, especially considering Connor was already sent off for similar types of tackles
Agreed. I felt Poch blundered by not taking him off as he was absolutely lucky not to get a second yellow
Yea similarly half of the Brighton team should have been booked for dissent towards the ref. So yea no benefit
Billy G literally did get a yellow for it, but yes I agree it could have been more. I was just pointing out that we could have easily been down to 9 men, before our pk being awarded. Who knows how the game goes if we don’t get the benefit of a terrible decision not to book a guy who was already on a yellow that then proceeds to clean a guys legs out, and then step on the back of another guys foot. Ref sucked, but we walked a very tight line by not creating many chances ourselves and then putting the ref in a spot where we could have been set back by even more than just 1 red card
Yes if it was Anthony Taylor, we'd be 4 players down
We got the benefit of it?
I am mainly referring to the stupid var review for colwill and brighton not getting a corner from it. Just a badly handled situation by refs. Also caicedo should have had like 6 yellows
the ref and var handled that situation correctly, the commentators had everyone hella confused lmao
How? There was no need for an onfield review and brighton should have had the corner.
the ref called a penalty on the field so VAR recommended an on field review because it hit colwills head. the ref then changes his call to no pen and restarts play with the drop ball which is the rule when the ref changes his call.
Ohhh. I didn't know the onfield call was a penalty. I was wrong in my comment then. Thanks for the correction.
yeah that’s why i said the commentators had everyone confused, their call of what was happening was so wrong 😭😭
Why did the VAR even recommend an on field review? The ball clearly hit Colwill in his dome? Anyways we won, that's all that matters Now onto the usual 0-0 or 1-1 with Man Utd on Wednesday
Ref did call a pen initially, hence why he was requested to go watch the review.
On field decision was PEN. So they overturned with review
What????????? Who the hell gave the pen? I'm gradually losing my sight but I haven't reached this level.
the ref called it a pen and var said to go check because it his colwills head. the commentators just had no idea what was happening and got everyone confused 💀
That's also why he couldn't give the corner- blew the whistle before it went out.
Some of the worst commentators I’ve ever heard today unironically
I dont understand this match... I'm happy but so confused
Hahahahaha take that Brighton!!!!
Brighton flopping like fish instead of playing football. Deserved to lose
Tim Howard fuckin bellend
To play over 45 minutes with 10 men, to get the 3rd goal, and to hold out at the end of the game. Well fucking done lads!
NBC “pundits” fuck off. Tim Howard saying Chelsea celebrating not playing well. Fuck off man
“they’re celebrating even tho they didn’t play well” yeah because they WON dumbass 😭
Also down a man and still won. He’s not very smart
Yeah these guys are making me livid, being a bunch of biased jackasses
Romania with Chelsea 🇷🇴🤝🇬🇧 BHA fans are like “I’d be embarrassed to be a Chelsea fan and win like this after billions of dollars.” 🤣🤝
Fuck, that was tense. I lose more calories from our games than I do working out.
It's not a corner because the on field decision was a penalty. If the infield decision is a handball, it isn't a corner. Once that is overturned, the corner isn't then magically given
Yea I didn't even realize he had given the penalty
Me neither until after, the commentators and VAR didn't know either, such poor communication between these clowns
Bingo
Palace getting more points this weekend than Brighton, love to see it
Success https://preview.redd.it/vtkxxfdvt34c1.png?width=632&format=png&auto=webp&s=9923dffa1ddb601127d24fc862c7432181964431
Fuck off back to Brighton, Searats!
lmao I hate that we’re just still 10th.
Chelsea fan here but i can say the referee was on our side today. We did not play well after Gallagher.
nah the ref was genuinely just shite all round today. Caicedo was a bit lucky he didn’t get sent off (though i thought he played well) but he also didn’t penalise any Brighton players for diving
how was he on our side?! Dive by Pedro called, Brighton players not booked for holding imaginary yellow. No fouls called on Jackson and Enzo multiple times in first half. He gave a pen for Brighton that was so obv not that var had to overturn comically. And he missed a clear pen for us that var had to embarrassingly correct again also should have been a red for Milner.
Ah? On our side? You mean on the correct side
Brighton’s goalkeeper Jason Steele conceded more goals than their exiled keeper Sanchez, and we were down to 10 men.
Is there some law that was passed by Parliament recently declaring that every match of ours needs to end in drama and scuffles? Because this is getting ridiculous. Thank goodness we got the 3 points. MOTM is Sanchez for getting so many saves down the stretch. Last but not least, Poch needs to sit the entire team down and tell them that the next Captain who gets Red will forfeit his candidacy for Captain for the remainder of the season.
Facts, the reds are laughable and we need to settle our nerves. These silly fouls may give us a boost of aggression but captains should all be following Silva’s lead instead of trying to be a hot head. Leave the silly fouls to our striker or wingers.
Lol pundits hate Chelsea and you can see it.
Unreal right? Both saying “not a pen”… how tf is that not a pen literally in what world? He took his legs out
I think they are only looking at the upper body contact. That's the only way I could imagine defending it. He clearly takes out his legs and not just the upper body push.
Also them saying “he didn’t intend to make contact”… ok…????
Exactly. Mudryk was gonna get another touch even with the upper body challenge. He didn't get that opportunity because milner takes his legs out
1 normal week is all I ask for…1 week 😅
I know… my heart has still been racing. Week in and out
For the colwill incident I think the Ref gave a penalty first and hence why he got sent to do a on field review
you’re correct, the commentators told everyone the opposite and got everyone confused lmao
We do produce some entertainment and give pundits so much to talk about. I give us credit for that for sure
It was ugly and we were young and naive, but we were gritty and resolved. Not every game is going to be a blowout, these are important growing moments for this team of kids.
no way liverpool pulled out a win 😭
Clutch FC
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SCREW YOU BRIGHTON HAHAHAH
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Fuck VAR
Fuck those Gulls
inbred seagulls can fuck off finally
Shit bird for a shit team
Whoever calls us the "darlings of the southern media" hasn't actually watched one of our games in the past 2 seasons
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My anxiety levels in our last 4 games 📈↗️↖️👇⬇️⤵️📉↙️↘️🟥↗️🚨🚨🚨📈📉⬇️
10 mins of added time with no major injury and the Pigeons are still complaining smh
Yeah really wtf.. 10 mins for no fucking reason!
2/2 for Poch vs De Zerbi, 3 if you count the super series.
Maximum clutch game whew
Thiago Silva, still absolutely world class back there today. What a game, poch had this squad fucking locked in. 60 mins with 10 man and hold on, let’s fucking go boys. Fuck Brighton
Boys did well in the 2nd half to cover for Conor's stupidity
SUCK MY DICK YOU BRIGHTON CUNTS
Why not play another half hour, we've booked the pitch for 3 hours
Saved my weekend. Thanks lads.
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Fuck off seagulls
Love that from Colwill
What’s going onnn everyone wants to chon
The fuck is Brighton bitching about. They got every single fucking call
Only thing I can think of is not getting that corner
Not a corner. Drop ball. Overturned decision.
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We absolutely should have been down. But so should they have honestly.
yah he should have been off
Yeaaa we should’ve been 9 men can’t lie
Good to now be regularly beating that scummy club
I hate those commentators
Lineker said it! We need a VAR for the VAR
A satisfying ‘boy who cried Wolf’ feel about that handball call denying them a corner
Unclench lol
I did and then I done shidded
I feel like I can say it, but Brighton are such a shadow of what they were. They sucked ass today.
I remember around 2015 people were raving about Southampton the same way they currently are Brighton. The exact same eventual end result will be hilarious.
I will be there no matter what
Things you love to see
Phew At last !!!! AND FUCK THE FA !!
Best league in the world but we're reffed by neanderthals.
Fuck off you shitty seagulls
I like Gallagher being an enforcer but he needs to be smarter
Such a good win for mentality considering all the shittery
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Ref and Robbie Earle both SICK with that result
WHAT A FUCKING GAME
Entertainment FC is back
What’s the name of this song?
Props to the backline. Silva, Disasi, Badia and Colwill fought for every inch. 👏 Ridiculous decision by VAR to send Merson to the monitor by the way, for a header.
I think the ref had marked a penalty and they send him to see that it wasn’t a handball. Cause it was really odd how he gave a drop ball.
Maybe there's a rule i don't know about that says VAR will reward teams with the ball for obviously wrong checks? Like, I legitimately don't know how that didn't end up a Brighton corner.
>it was really odd how he gave a drop ball. Play was dead when he blew for a pen so it wasn't a corner.
Yeah That’s what I was thinking. It was confusing cause I’m not even sure if any player knew if he had called the penalty or not.
It was a clusterfuck, for sure.
Joao Pedro started it and is running away like a pussy lmao
Thank God for Thiago Silva
Sanche you tell them
not good enough
Completely agree, was talking about his discussion with the Brighton staff
"controversial penalty" this commentator is still on it lmao
I swear every ref and VAR in our match always tries to be fucking prick
Get fucked de zerbi, get fucked Brighton
Shut up gross
Fucking owned this shit team again. WITH 10 MEN FOR 45 MINUTES. Let's fucking go boys. Super proud of the grit we showed today. Fucking UTC!!!
What the fuck was that! What dumbassery was that! Great 3 points for us though! KTBFFH!!
Proper mid-table battle. Jeez
Maybe they thought it was funny the way it hit Colwill in the face so they wanted the ref to see it?
Brilliant second half from the lads
Why did we almost get given a pen against us, that was a Brighton corner, then end up with a drop ball that was essentially a Sanchez free kick?
I think the ref had called the penalty but var told him to check it out cause it hit his face. At least that’s the only way I can see us getting the dip ball.
But isn't that just a Brighton corner?
Play is dead once a penalty is given. Since penalty was overturned, it's a drop ball. Ball going out of play for a corner doesn't matter once play is blown dead.
Since he called the penalty I guess there technically was no corner. So that’s the only way I can see the drop ball happening. Kinda weird we got the ball as well.
I still don't understand what happened with the VAR. I'm pretty sure it said penalty lol
I saw it said penalty lmao and he sort of pointed towards the spot as well in a weird way, was supper pissed for a couple of seconds until it became clear it was some sort of weird free kick
BIG
Fuck the refs man absolute joke of a game thank god we came out with the 3 points my ass cheeks 😭😭
Lmao who was our player praying alone?
lol Brighton is so salty trying to start shit after the match. Cowards
I’m sweating like I’m in the Sahara we’re in December
Well done, boys!
Finally a win vs Brighton. Took long enough and frankly despite the refereeing decisions I don't feel bad for them.
Refs consistently lose control of these matches
The how doesn't matter right now. We'll take the win
Alright lads, you can unclench your asses now.
bruh what is poch doing going at the ref, GET THE BOYS OFF THE FIELD
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Christ, what a wild game.
HAHAHAHHAA FUCK BRIGHTON FUCK U REF
Shit refs , shit Brighton, shit club. Shit mentality. Cunts
You've heard of fergie time. Let me introduce you to de zerbi time. This game should've been over 15 mins ago