THINGS WE LEARNED from LaLiga
Jude Bellingham was denied a late winner for Real Madrid when referee Jesus Gil Manzano had his Clive Thomas moment in Saturday's LaLiga clash against Valencia.
Thomas was the Welsh ref who controversially ruled out Zico’s winner against Sweden at the 1978 World Cup.
Bellingham was then booked for swearing giving Spanish radio pundits the excuse to say f**k as often as they pleased all through Saturday night and Sunday morning as they analysed what had happened.
Elsewhere Barcelona lost two crucial players at the worst possible time, and poor Mouctar Diakhaby suffered a horrendous injury.
Here are 10 things we learned from La Liga this weekend.
Jesus Gil Manzano could certainly have cleared up some things on Saturday after his moment of madness in Valencia’s 2-2 draw with Real Madrid.
He could have told us why he only added a minute extra for the VAR check on the penalty he had awarded when it took nearly three minutes.
And why, having only added one minute, he then let Madrid take a corner when that minute was already up. And why having let them take the corner he didn’t allow the whole corner to play out before blowing his whistle.
The leaders will appeal against Bellingham’s red card and they have a test case from this season to back them up.
Mason Greenwood was sent off for swearing at the referee but the card was rescinded when it was shown he said ‘f*** sake’ in frustration at not being given a foul.
Bellingham also does not insult the referee. He just says: ‘It’s a f***ing goal’. It’s a yellow at most.
Jesus Gil Manzano has booked more big stars than the events organisers at Madison Square Garden. He has sent off Lionel Messi, Neymar, Luis Suarez and Robert Lewandowski in his career.
He was always going to be the first to
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