Chelsea’s Marko Marin Aims A Potential Leg-Breaker At Stephan M’Bia, Only Gets A Yellow (Video)
by Alan Duffy | 2nd, January 2013
By Alan Duffy
It seems that referee Lee Mason decided that Marko Marin’s appalling lunge on Stephan M’Bia happened too earlt in the game (four minutes) to warrant a red card. As that probably would have ‘spoiled the game’.
Indeed, that argument that referees should be more lenient early doors in a game, as otherwise he’ll ‘have to send everyone off’ is utter rubbish. It’s like saying that the police shouldn’t arrest shoplifters in the morning, as it’ll ruin the rest of the day.
A dreadful decision on a dreadful challenge.
Lucky QPR’s M’Bia survived unscathed.
Video courtesy of AndizzleeNMN
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RED ALL DAY EVERY DAY!
Brilliant Roy Keane impersonation.
Adebayor was sent off on 18 minutes for the same thing, so that whole “early doors” story doesn’t fly for me anymore. Besides, Marin commited a bookable offence in the 2nd half when he blatantly pulled a player in an off-the-ball incident and yet the ref only gave a foul.
Not saying Lee Mason’s crooked, but that was shocking.