Webb admits to penalty 'mistake'
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Referee Howard Webb has admitted he should not have awarded the penalty that reinforced Manchester United's stranglehold on the Premier League.
Tottenham led 2-0 at United on Saturday when Webb ruled Heurelho Gomes had fouled Michael Carrick, and the hosts went on to win the match 5-2.
Webb told the BBC: "I've looked at it again and I think it was a mistake but we make these decisions honestly.
"It's not always easy to see the way the play pans out from pitch level."
Interviewed by BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, the 37-year-old added: "I could see the Manchester United player touch the ball and saw him get clattered by the goalkeeper but didn't see the extra deviation from the goalkeeper's fingers touching the ball.
"I'm disappointed as I always strive for perfection. I'll look at the tape in detail later in the week and try to avoid it happening again in the future.
"I never want to have a negative impact on a game and I get no pleasure from not reaching the high standards we set ourselves.
"But show me a man who's never made a mistake and I'll show you a man who's done nothing."
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Yeah right.
Next season gonna give yet another controversial penalty or redcard.
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Becoz of U, Man Utd would have win 4-2 instead of 5-2
make my fren lose money to a boy who love Man Utd -
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Yeah, he should have sent off Palacios in the 7th min for that 2 footed challenge on Ronaldo... If that had happen, Spurs would be down to 10 men early in the match already and perhaps Bent would have to make way for another midfielder... Spurs taking a 2 goals lead probably won't happen either...
Anyway, game over so no point saying all these liao...
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Originally posted by zocoss:
Yeah, he should have sent off Palacios in the 7th min for that 2 footed challenge on Ronaldo... If that had happen, Spurs would be down to 10 men early in the match already and perhaps Bent would have to make way for another midfielder... Spurs taking a 2 goals lead probably won't happen either...
Anyway, game over so no point saying all these liao...
was it on Ronaldo or Rooney? I saw him narrowly missing rooney..
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ai yo yo ....H.Webb should have kept quiet .
The result was a proud one for MU ..... whether or not the penalty was given .
Correct ? Let's say .....without the penalty , MU could've went on to win 7-2 ?
Cos MU "pushed" for a win . as what many claimed .
Football is a funny old game .... u just need to have that break , that penalty caused the " break " .... and those consequences .
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when we beaten MU 4-1 at Old Trafford .... that break was when one United's defender blunder under pressure from Gerrard , and PENALTY !!!!
That was the break .
Without it , what will happen ?
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Originally posted by Poolman:
when we beaten MU 4-1 at Old Trafford .... that break was when one United's defender blunder under pressure from Gerrard , and PENALTY !!!!
That was the break .
Without it , what will happen ?
without it, liverpool would have lost or draw.
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Originally posted by iceFatboy:
was it on Ronaldo or Rooney? I saw him narrowly missing rooney..
Ronaldo lah... That bad 2 footed challenged could have ended Ronaldo's not just this season but perhaps next as well... And United's chase along with it... A good thing Ronny was smart to escape from that tackle...
Spurs could have been down to 10 men at the 7th mins only... I am just so surprised he can get away with that... See where Webb was, Wonder why Harry doesn't seem to remember that part tho...
On the penalty, I don't think we can really blame Webb (A self confess Pool fan). He was just trying to do his job the best way he could... Even we had to watch it 6, 7 times over to be sure, he only had a split second to decide, and I guess he called it as he saw it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fQAuN22UDg
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Originally posted by HyuugaNeji:
without it, liverpool would have lost or draw.
Yes absolutely , we got that break , and the game just open up like that !!! -
yes , just that break that needed to change the game around .
I believe that philosophy , but not too many are convinced about that .
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A "lucky break"... Many teams gets it week in week out... Its not as though they happen very seldom... Spurs had theirs on the 7th mins of the match, But unfortunately they couldn't do much about it... So whose to blame?
Pool themselves got lucky breaks too... The "ghost goal" against Chelsea easily comes to mind, and their biggest break in their modern history... Their 2005 Champions League final... Gerrard got a penalty that wasn't... But so what? The penalty saved them and help them win the final... Did any Pool players or fans complaint about it? We can only imagine how Gattuso feel... Other than that, too bad... lol
Every teams gets lucky breaks... Its how you make it count that matters...