{"id":301323,"date":"2023-12-03T19:26:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T19:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=301323"},"modified":"2023-12-03T19:26:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T19:26:26","slug":"neville-slams-the-referee-for-blowing-up-with-grealish-clean-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/neville-slams-the-referee-for-blowing-up-with-grealish-clean-through\/","title":{"rendered":"Neville slams the referee for blowing up with Grealish clean through"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Man City and Erling Haaland RAGE at referee Simon Hooper after he blew for a foul with Jack Grealish through on goal looking for an injury-time winner against Spurs, despite initially playing advantage<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span>The referee blew for a foul at the Etihad with Jack Grealish through on goal<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>Manchester City&#8217;s chaotic league game with Tottenham finished in a 3-3 draw<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Big Ange has lost three in a row, but no chance he changes his style: IAKO<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There was frustration at the Etihad when the referee Simon Hooper blew for a foul just as Jack Grealish was running in on goal.<\/p>\n<p>The incident came in stoppage time of an action-packed game between Manchester City and Tottenham, which was 3-3 at the time, and remained that way.<\/p>\n<p>There was no offside flag indicated, and despite allowing play to continue, Hooper instead chose to call the play back for a foul &#8211; despite the obvious opportunity presented to Grealish.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Grealish&#8217;s team-mate Erling Haaland was among those protesting at the call towards Hooper, despite ongoing calls for football officials to be respected with Mail Sport&#8217;s Stop Abusing Referees campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Sky Sports, commentator Gary Neville said: &#8216;Oh no, oh no. Simon Hooper, he played on to start with, what&#8217;s he done there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/18\/78527797-12820561-image-a-31_1701628325724.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Referee Simon Hooper was criticised for blowing up when Jack Grealish was through on goal<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/19\/78528355-12820561-image-a-41_1701630352245.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Erling Haaland, the player fouled in the incident, was leading the protests to the referee<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/19\/78528361-12820561-image-a-42_1701630378759.jpg\" height=\"444\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Manchester City were searching for a stoppage time winner after a pulsating 3-3 draw<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/19\/78528461-12820561-image-a-50_1701630769139.jpg\" height=\"325\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Haaland took to X (formerly Twitter) to express his frustration with the late decision made<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/18\/78080051-12820561-Mail_Sport_has_launched_a_campaign_to_stop_the_abuse_of_referees-a-40_1701629059978.jpg\" height=\"289\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport has launched a campaign to stop the abuse of referees at all levels of the game<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He did play the advantage that was real surprise, Haaland gets fouled and he lets that go a bit and then blows there. He see&#8217;s the pass, really strange one.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>One social reaction accompanying a video of the incident read: &#8216;So Haaland was fouled, gets straight up and plays the ball with the advantage to Grealish who was then in the clear and Simon Hooper blows the whistle for the foul.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Absolutely atrocious officiating.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham shocked the hosts with an early goal through Son Heung-min, but Manchester City took a 2-1 lead into the break with a Son own goal and a strike by Phil Foden.<\/p>\n<p>Giovani Lo Celso pulled the scores level in the 69th minute, before Grealish regained Man City&#8217;s lead ten minutes from time.<\/p>\n<p>Dejan Kulusevski equalised for Spurs in the last minute of normal time at the Etihad, before the late drama including the referee blowing up at a bad time for the hosts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More to follow&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/19\/78528365-12820561-image-a-43_1701630449109.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hooper initially appeared to play advantage after the foul on Haaland, but changed his mind<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12820561\/Gary-Neville-slams-strange-decision-referee-Simon-Hooper-blow-foul-Jack-Grealish-clean-goal-initially-giving-Man-City-advantage-against-Spurs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man City and Erling Haaland RAGE at referee Simon Hooper after he blew for a foul with Jack Grealish through <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301322,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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