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So Chelsea were given a penalty that shouldn’t have been given, but why is everybody so excited about it? Having just read Phil Thomas’ report of the game on the Sun’s website it is so obvious that there continues to be some anti-Chelsea sentiment in the media. With lines like:

“Replays showed Malouda was throwing himself down before Finnan was anywhere near him.”

That’s simply not true, there was contact. Malouda jumped into Finnan, so obviously there was contact. No Chelsea player was appealing even though they have a “willingness to complain at anything and everything”.

Thomas even lowers himself to the idiot anti-Lampard jibe of Fat Frank by saying:

“Then Gerrard unleashed a first-time rocket that was certainly goalbound until it struck Lampard — although, to be fair, there is rather more of the Chelsea star than most midfielders.”

He’s just jumping on any anti-Chelsea slogan out there.

For some reason it seems that Liverpool are the knights in shining armor, come to rescue the League from the Chelsea billions. Apart from Liverpool’s heroic European Cup win they really have failed to deliver in recent years. All this talk of the great Liverpool and their amazing fans. This is club with the great fans that managed to get English clubs kicked out of Europe. Nice one!

Loads of refs have made bad decisions, and do they all get a call of apology from Referees’ chief Keith Hackett and the referee himself? I think not. I remember a few seasons back Dogba getting a second yellow for diving in the penalty area against Aston Villa only for the yellow card to be canceled after review. This obviously means he didn’t dive and was therefore fouled in the penalty area, so Chelsea miss out on a penalty and draw the match. Did the ref call Chelsea up? I don’t think so!

As for Torres. He scored a cracking goal, very nicely taken, but he is a diver of top quality. What is especially good with him is that he does it in such a clever way. However it is still cheating and is a bookable offense (simulation), he did it before being cautioned and carried on after he was cautioned. Thomas had this to say:

“And, most laughable of all, when Fernando Torres threw himself to the ground under a second-half Tal Ben Haim challenge, the ref was surrounded by men in Blue — brandishing imaginary cards.”

“Torres, it must be said, does not need too big a nudge to go down — although he is still miles away from winning a place in the West London School of Ballet. Sorry, make that the Chelsea side.”

Huh?! I look forward to reading more of his drivel in the feature, so to give me something to write about here!

That’s all for now.