Big Phil misses another opportunity in this comedy of errors title race
Winning the title is fast becoming a comedy of errors. Whoever does end up second, third and even fourth won’t really be able to point to one game where they slipped up, as every club has been guilty of some terrible football and bad results. Some teams have had more than their fair share of luck, benevolent referees and calls made by the crowd rather than the officials — but we won’t name all the names, because the column is too short.
Rooney can swear and curse referees to their faces and not only get away with it — but be defended by pundits as being ‘young’ and ‘passionate.’ Yet, on Monday night Chelsea got a player booked for asking whether the wall was back the required 10 yards (it wasn’t); we had our captain sent off for a stupid challenge, but not a red card offence while we are kicked and tripped with no recompense
