Yep. First thing I thought when I read that. Every whinge about referees/the FA/the World being against them followed with the phrase 'statistichly speakhhhhin'.
Ugh.
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Yep. First thing I thought when I read that. Every whinge about referees/the FA/the World being against them followed with the phrase 'statistichly speakhhhhin'.
Ugh.
It's horseshit, isn't it. Using the man utd game example, and assuming the penalty was given:
1)a pen isn't an automatic goal.
2) if the pen is scored, it restarts from from the centre circle, and the game follows a different pattern from that point. Man utd might have scored twice in quick succession and won. They might have chased the game and let in another 3.
Agreeed, another example
- Leicester scored three goals after injury time overran - more than any other side.
Injury time can officially overrun and
Still be valid
I'd go one step further - injury time by definition can't overrun, as the number displayed is a minimum. So, if the ref says it's a minimum of 3 minutes, it can be anything from 3 minutes up. 7 minutes it technically fine (although would take some justification). Only if the ref blew up at 2m20 or something then it's a legitimate complaint.
They've also included deflected goals! What a farce, it's totally subjective other than offside and mistaken identity.
As
Johnboy40
said it completely ignores how it's impossible to say how a game would play out differently if you reran it from that point. Chaos theory/butterfly effect and all that.I'd love to see how they "corrected" our game at Anfield, for example. Firstly they may take away our two penalties due to their subjective nature - but would they take into account that without the first penalty Salah would not have scored his go-ahead goal? We were well on top at that point pushing for a winner, the missed penalty changed the dynamic in Liverpool's favour. Without the pen, we'd have quite possibly gone on to win that game.
Point is you can't tell. All you can do is count the number of incidents that were "wrong", not extrapolate to final scores.
(PS funny how they haven't worked out who the luckiest team in the Champions League was last season, isn't it Liverpool fans?)
Liverpool unluckiest team in Premier League last season, according to ESPN Luck Index
They were right all along.
They were right all along.
Liverpool unluckiest team in Premier League last season, according to ESPN Luck Index
They were right all along.
Always the victims...
reality is a construct created with the purpose to be a conspiracy against liverpool
Yeah but they've spent lots of money so they've won the transfer window and with an A+ rating apparently.
Nice to see a team other than Tottenham Hotspur win this dubious honor.Liverpool unluckiest team in Premier League last season, according to ESPN Luck Index
They were right all along.
Fuck off Liverpool.
Goalie can't really be worse than Mignolet or Karius, and no way is Can better than Keita (for Liverpool anyway).
Shaqiri is the joker in the pack - the wildcard. Worth a punt at £13m all day long.
"next season..."
Undefeated
