25-02-2019, 21:30
(This post was last modified: 25-02-2019, 21:31 by Slick_Footwork.)
My point isn't that the goalkeeper reacted in the right manner. He certainly didn't react correctly. I just do not believe this was at all a personal attack by the goalkeeper on Sarri. I think it was blown massively out of proportion by the commentators.
They flat out said he "refused" to be subbed and I do not believe this was the case.
They also said he defied Sarri because Sarri is weak, because the players run the club, and because he's a puppet and the players are the puppet masters. I also do not believe any of this.
I believe the keeper made a mistake in the heat of the moment because he wanted to stay on and try to win a competition. I do not believe he would've reacted any differently for any other manager. I doubt in the heat of the moment he thought 'Sarri is just a puppet on the side so lets signal thumbs up to defy him'.
He signalled thumbs up and shouted no to try and get his message across that he was fit to continue. Yes, he huffed and puffed, both him and Sarri were angry because of confusion, but I do not believe he ever "refused" to go off.
When he clarified to the ref he was okay to continue, the ref told Sarri who chose to leave him on, problem over.
Had Sarri wanted to take him off for tactical reasons, he could've just said the decision was final and the referee would've told Kepa to go off. But sure enough, after the clarification he stayed on.
Definitely agree the keeper behaved in the wrong way, but we have to ask, would the commentators have made so much hype about it if it was 3-1 in the 80th minute? I doubt it.
The reality is, all the claims the commentators made, which I believe were false, were the highlight of a dull game - which incidentally followed a really dull United Liverpool 0-0. All this hype gives us something to talk about, a justification of Sky's ridiculous licence fees. But IMO, it was a storm in a tea cup.
They flat out said he "refused" to be subbed and I do not believe this was the case.
They also said he defied Sarri because Sarri is weak, because the players run the club, and because he's a puppet and the players are the puppet masters. I also do not believe any of this.
I believe the keeper made a mistake in the heat of the moment because he wanted to stay on and try to win a competition. I do not believe he would've reacted any differently for any other manager. I doubt in the heat of the moment he thought 'Sarri is just a puppet on the side so lets signal thumbs up to defy him'.
He signalled thumbs up and shouted no to try and get his message across that he was fit to continue. Yes, he huffed and puffed, both him and Sarri were angry because of confusion, but I do not believe he ever "refused" to go off.
When he clarified to the ref he was okay to continue, the ref told Sarri who chose to leave him on, problem over.
Had Sarri wanted to take him off for tactical reasons, he could've just said the decision was final and the referee would've told Kepa to go off. But sure enough, after the clarification he stayed on.
Definitely agree the keeper behaved in the wrong way, but we have to ask, would the commentators have made so much hype about it if it was 3-1 in the 80th minute? I doubt it.
The reality is, all the claims the commentators made, which I believe were false, were the highlight of a dull game - which incidentally followed a really dull United Liverpool 0-0. All this hype gives us something to talk about, a justification of Sky's ridiculous licence fees. But IMO, it was a storm in a tea cup.