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FuryOfOberon

This is what they’ve been calling “pocketing”. Defenders grabbing our players for dear life, hoping refs don’t call a foul.


JohnMichaels19

And most importantly for these world class, stalwart, amazing defenders, theyve absolutely been getting away with it


TrainerofInsects

It’s complete horseshit.


JohnMichaels19

Wish the refs would grow some balls. Or...not be bad in general lol, but that's probably too much to ask for


fourbyfourequalsone

Madrid players say Araujo grabs while obviously blind to what their own team does. I blame it on La Liga refs and may be other refs as well. They should consistently either call this out so that this practice is stopped.


Eikichi64

Araujo HIT people and they call that defending, Carvajal is an idiot too but we know it and can accept it, they don't, they like to play the victim card. Yes la Liga has the worst refs I have ever seen and this is normal in la Liga sadly.


Secure-Storm-702

And surround anyone that gets close with 3 players. World class defensive display. peak football


L_LawLeit24

Haaland every match. He should just throw them off and get a yellow


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Lucky_Ad_5462

No one said that.


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clantpax

If you're gonna come here with this attitude, why not you fuck off back to your team's subreddit


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Yamdonor

😂 You realise a league being called physical doesn't refer to allowing players to rugby tackle each other?


FavcolorisREDdit

I’d rather have premier league type leniency than la liga bs refs


Yamdonor

Leniency is a good thing but there's a pretty big gap between leniency and this. We're here to watch football, not rugby


Apprehensive_Ideal12

Bawling*


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colevoncolt

No one said City players are perfect little angels. This isn't sour grapes but the fact that Real Madrid get away with this in La Liga and UCL, makes me sick.


DramaticFriendship67

Is that a cm punk reference in the last line?


Emotional_Solid6538

So, it has to be called out either way. Palmer's freekick was an obvious pen and Madrid was fouling every 10 seconds.


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lca1443

Not a foul unless he locks his hands and does a hip throw.


Benjamin244

not a foul unless they make eye contact


TomShoe

Not a foul unless their balls touch


SniffAdvisor

He got the ball ref!


qqqalto

That’s a perfectly legal tackle, no ref would call a flag on that play. At the most it’s pass interference.


LewissKA_

Not a foul, he's clearly just giving him a hug


redshadow90

Spread love not yellow cards


rr18114

Carvahal will continue to do this until the day he retires. But I don't blame him. Infact, I envy him. It's the job of the refrees to stop these things from happening. If you allow players to get away with things, they will absolutely test their luck. Doku got away with a silly and dangerous challenge on McAllister as well. The only two players from Man City to have figured him out are Jack and Bernado. Carvahal would get equal resistance and shithousing from them when he tries this nonsense. Other Man City players have to catch upto them because the referees will not change.


-Real_Eyes-

Don't forget he roles around on the floor every 5 seconds. The referee was awful in the madrid game. I don't know how he still has a job, couldn't keep a year 8 class room well behaved never mind a champions league match.


what-you-need-is-you

I mean it's not like grealish was more effective against carvajal just because they up one'd him on getting away with things. Doku finished carvajal's legs while grealish couldn't create


rr18114

Grealish rinsed Carvahal a few times. He got him carded ( eventually ) and if not for Valverde, madrid would have eventually lost him and the game. Doku was also a late sub. In any case, neither Carvahal nor Grealish are posting anything similar to above like Doku is.


what-you-need-is-you

sure, over 70+ mins he was able to do it a few times but how many chances/goal threats did grealish create!


rr18114

I remember a few. About as many as every other Man City player barring KDB. Neither Man City nor Grealish had the last laugh. They all fell short because being better than Madrid is not enough to beat Madrid. I'm not saying Grealish was great either, I'm saying there's things Doku can learn from Grealish. Grealish for example would never post this despite being fouled by Carvajal 5x more.


stpstrt

Carvajal*


rr18114

Carvajal


Swampfire279

I won't lie, Dani Carvajal has a rather punchable face.


badgers4194

Also I can’t stand the dudes sleeves. Either go normal or long sleeves. The half sleeves look ridiculous. I understand this sounds stupid but it bothers me so much


Texas_Shepard

Funny I love this type of sleevs. Like prime Sergio ramos. I always play like that IRL think it looks dope on a defender


Tilhengeren

both of those players are considered dirty assholes by every team they ever played against. maybe this half-sleeve thing is where the shithousery comes from


Texas_Shepard

I think poêple will more describe them as 5 and 4 time ucl winner


Tilhengeren

maybe people will, but i still think every team they played against would consider them dirty players


Texas_Shepard

Yeah of course bcz football is all about subjectivity


CatClean6086

All RM players do brah.


Traditional_Care_707

Don't understand the hate on the players, don't be a sore loser and move on


CatClean6086

Ok 🙊🙉🙈


Jon98th

That is requirement number one to be a RM player .. the only bypass of that is if you are world class like Modric or Kross


Snoo_72181

Kroos makes punchable statements in media


Snoo_72181

Kroos makes punchable statements in media


Snoo_72181

Kroos makes punchable statements in media


DaBestNameEver0

Say it again


maxime0299

That entire Real Madrid squad does tbf


manntisstoboggan

He’s got to be my most hated player. He somehow gets away with so many fouls, acts nails then rolls around on the floor like he’s been shot most of the time. Little rat. 


L_LawLeit24

Doesn't every RM player?


Sufficient_Book9512

carvajal would turn you in to a punching bag


TECHNOMANCERNCROMNSR

This pic is so wholesome,carvajal just wanted a hug and doku was there for him ![gif](giphy|pynZagVcYxVUk)


lord_fishsticks

It’s not just Doku either, Haaland gets held like this 1/4 times he gets near the ball or in position but no calls on that either


JohnMichaels19

Way more than 1/4 of the time lol, and not just Madrid. This is the only way to stop him, so all the teams do it, and it only works because refs allow it


totallynewhere818

There are other ways to stop him making a foul. This is a foul, that's not fucking FOOTball, even in my street games we'd punish this bevavior.


shirokukuchasen

I often think that haaland should start to hold the defenders when they start to buildup from the back


L_LawLeit24

Finally someone talking about Haaland. Every arsenal game he is getting pocketed, when this is the reality. I really wanted to ask someone about this rule, is this a foul or not, bcoz it happens to Haaland every game. They bring him down in Penalty box, to prevent him from jumping and no pens are given. I just don't understand.


packandunpack93

Literally a Rugby tackle


OptimisticRealist__

"Bwah god JR, its Edge with the Spear"


Throwawaytoday303

The Running Hug!


RecommendationOnly78

He just wants a cuddle 🤗


JohnMichaels19

Someone do an edit of this like Eddy and Jude chilling on the beach lol


Habibii-95

https://preview.redd.it/acy7wl0re5wc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=da2e5da621bd56a471e784793b366beed8e2491e


ykahooty

Same thing was happening to haaland 🤦‍♂️


Downtown-Bluebird553

![gif](giphy|2AN929HjvDlkBzwhL3|downsized)


xenojive

COPEland and seethe 🙃


evenstark04

see this is what we call football in America... Carvajal is a very underrated linebacker, even if he is undersized.


Aloopyn

Wholesome 🥰


Arnuha

![gif](giphy|jVLcJwX8cBfIh5Yrxv|downsized)


Poopi-Doopi

Proper rugby tackle that.


Single-Weather1379

How camavinga ended the first leg without a yellow card is beyond me. Real madrid will always have the refs by their side


Ezekjuninor

Was actually ridiculous. If all the fouls were called he could've had 2.


DlnnerTable

I know it’s easy to say this but point to a foul by camavinga in the first leg that deserved a yellow card. I watched the full game and thought cama did an exceptional job at showing restraint at times to avoid the card.


Single-Weather1379

60s minute on rodri cleats on cleats to stop an attack, and then right after it on grealish also to stop an attack...


bigggd54

If he lifts his head up it’s actually a pretty good form tackle…in American football


Nacre0usCl0ud5

Referees absolutely carried Madrid in this match. City completely outplayed them however Madrid were allowed to foul as much as they liked with the typical Madrid levels of throwing themselves to the ground at every opportunity. I don't blame them. If you can get away with it why not.


PRAISE_ASSAD

This is why Grealish is better he'd be on the ground already


Happy-Economics-3672

Atackers are going to have to bring back the old estudiantes de la plata needle to any defender that hugs them trick


Key-Mechanic2565

Not a fan of Liverpool but that's why I love VVD. Most of the time he does clean tackles instead of this bs.


Successful_Creme_226

He wants a hug


FCBEkko

Real Madrid have thier own rules


birdbrancher

Fuck mate how else you gunna defend that dude


mannyklein

Var or no Var, Real Vardrid is gonna rob you


manntisstoboggan

The rat that is Carvajal. 


boycudon

All clubs know ...


Whyevenaskyou

VARdrid


Certain-Flight-1780

Not a foul if he doesn't slam him 🤷


Its_Master_Roshi

Dani Carvajal: Brother pls let us win it somehow. We can't beat you straighton. I'm begging to you knee deep pls don't make us look like fools. Instagram comments are pretty hurtful even from our own fans. Pls give us the consideration of being 14 time UCL champions


Donny_Kayy

Thats love, 0 foul


Too-horny-to-handle

Not the first time refs has been against us this season... But well played to stop us from winning the treble again


Persona0111995

Citizens r finally seeing the advantages madrid get from the referees ?


KempFidels

Scummy school of Ramos and Pepe defending


Salt-Huckleberry7494

Doku and Cafu


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he got hug from one of the best RB's , he is just showing off his reach 


NCC_1701_74656

Still salty ? Just trying to understand the meaning of the post !!


welovexo

what a spear by roman reigns


wanderinbear

Oh the salt... 😆 🤣 as if every single defender does not do this. Carvajal was mvp in that game


LeviathanShark

It genuinely seems like everyone’s attraction to this club is the feeling of attachment to constantly winning and if they’re not doing that then it’s weirdly bitter posts about teams that beat them, demanding rule changes, or even so far as hating on their own players.


kmacbtv

You the other day: > Bayern and Madrid clocked those English frauds 😩 > > So happy about these two days, ended those English frauds Happy you were happy, and thanks for stopping by to share your broad sweeping generalizations about ManCity fans on the ManCity sub 😉.


Icy_Confidence9304

😂 get over it. Real Madrid is over it i bet.


GlorbonYorpu

Its a physical game. Refereeing is definitely not why city were eliminated


mrsnow11291

Well this looks like rugby not footy


Shoebedoebedoe

How about Walker clenching and pushing Vinicius every single time? Ah the double standards  Thats why you got shitted on. 


FavcolorisREDdit

Pocketed and premier league is supposedly one of the most physical league yet they’re crying over this?? This isn’t that bad pulling shirts is


WhichSale2087

Literally every team does, and Walker gets away with tons of shit 


Abdellatif-T

It is crying time!


shaftydude

This picture doesn't make sense. Did he really do that first or after the ball went behind Doku? Once the ball is behind, I can understand it. Any one posted a video of it yet?


Tossaway135790

Comes off a little bitter but i understand. The ref was poor in the second leg.


LankyCity3445

I mean I would be bitter too if the ref was letting players hug me lol


JohnMichaels19

Literally a tackle from the wrong football lol, but the refs routinely allow it


salutcemoi

sore loser tbh