I mean, I’m not saying that there was any corruption or explicit instruction to give them a penalty, but even the minor thought that a certain club’s state-owners might pay me/hire me more often can be incredibly enticing.
Firstly it was michael Oliver and Last year it was the same Michael Oliver who checked and let the goal allow on Old Trafford.
“However, VAR Michael Oliver quickly checked the goal and adjudged Rashford had not interfered in play enough to disallow the goal, allowing it to stand”
You didn’t think of conflict of interest when it benefitted you last year?
What’s new? City have always been cheating.
Like how we got cheated when hee chan committed a late challenge and avoided a second yellow just to score a winning goal against us afterwards?
They need to pay ref’s better first of all, but FIFA or UEFA needs to have a proper review of its rules pertaining to ownership and conflicts of interest. Nobody envisioned that countries would be getting involved, the systemic risk is too great. It doesn’t matter if referee’s like Paul Tierney have actually been influenced by UAE, or Saudi Arabia, the conflict of interest is there, the potential for corruption is there, that is enough to ring alarm bells and put a stop to whatever might be happening.