Mark Goldbridge joined a whole plethora of Newcastle United fans on Twitter in criticising Andre Marriner’s decision to keep play going beyond the recommended five-minute period of extra-time.
The Merseysiders capitalised on the extended period in the game with Fabio Carvalho netting a winner in the eighth minute of added time, much to the chagrin of Eddie Howe’s fellow staff members.
over 97 minutes and Liverpool score. Absolute disgrave by the ref. Only 5 were meant to be added. Disgusting
— Mark Goldbridge (@markgoldbridge) August 31, 2022
Another key contribution from a young Red saw the Merseysiders avoid further questions over a mostly poor start to the 2022/23 season as Jurgen Klopp’s men climbed into the top half of the table.
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It has to be noted that Marriner’s decision to extend play beyond the five-minute period of extra-time did appear to stem from the incessant time wasting tactics favoured by the visitors on the day.
The Magpies couldn’t find a way to repeat their heroics against Manchester City in August and now find themselves heading into the next gameweek with only six points from their opening five fixtures.
In the interest of encouraging a more positive brand of football across the English top-flight, one might wonder what possible benefit it could serve the sport to not challenge such blatant time wasting.
Agreed, the ref did well. He is not stupid and could see what Newcastle’s where doing however he I said brace as he rightly fully added on wasted time. Ref deserves praise as he showed cheating will not be tolerated.
Well then the constant face holding rolling around harassing the ref needs to stop if your team is so called good enough it’s not needed, constant time wasting cost Newcastle not poor reffing he did his best to keep the match going, if Newcastle fans don’t like it tell Eddie to stop the time wasting boring football simples
Five minutes minimum is what the extra time fourth official indicated. Reff decision after the five so Newcastle were as over board the Reff had enough.
Time wasting in the game is killing the game it’s just so frustrating to watch.