๐จ๐ฃ | Alan Shearer on the Bernardo Silva and Potential Penalty incident in the Manchester City vs Brentford game:
โItโs moments like these where you really have to look at the consistency of the officiating, because for the life of me, I cannot understand how weโve walked away from that game with those decisions standing as they did.
You look at the penalty shout for Brentford thereโs clear contact there he pushed him. In any other area of the pitch, thatโs a foul, yet somehow itโs overlooked when it matters most in the eighteen-yard box. Itโs a massive letdown for a side that worked as hard as Brentford did today.
And then we have to talk about the incident with Bernardo Silva. Weโre told the threshold for violent conduct is high, but when you see that kind of intent, you expect the ultimate sanction. A yellow card feels like a massive escape. Itโs hard to sit here and argue that if that were a player from a club lower down the table, or even another top-six side, the outcome wouldn't have been a straight red.
We brought VAR in to eliminate these 'clear and obvious' errors, to ensure that the big calls are getting the scrutiny they deserve. But when you see the same patterns emerging, it leaves fans and players feeling like thereโs a different set of rules for different shirts. Itโs simply not good enough for a league of this standardโ