Comments on: Liverpool Rescue Draw Against Atletico Madrid After Phantom Penalty

By: Todd

Todd — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:05:17 +0000

Pure ignorance Andy. Gerard was first to the ball ,and won the ball. He was hit in mid air. Because we didn't lose like you were hoping, doesn't make it a dive.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:53:21 +0000

do u know what i find so amusing from the liverpool fans after the atletico game? they keep saying its a penalty becuz there was alot of contact. well of course theres alot of contact. becuz it was gerrard who made the big jump towards the atletico player knowing they were gonna collide and win a penalty! gerrard is not just a cheating scum of a diver. but also a hypocrite too. liverpool have no rights to talk about diving ever again.

By: Rowan

Rowan — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:12:18 +0000

To say that Gerrard is just as bad as Ronaldo if not worse is the most ridiculous statement I've ever heard.Yes, I'm a Liverpool supporter and yes I wanted them to score the equaliser, but I was also disappointed in the decision.I would have wanted them to equalise in better circumstances.i do believe Gerrard exaggerated the fall but contact was made and like he says, if that had occured anywhere else on the pitch it would have been a free kick.
Ronaldo does a swan dive everytime a defender breathes on him, week in and week out.To compare the two players is not just one big fat joke and such an obvious and typical remark by a United supporter.

By: Todd

Todd — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:14:43 +0000

Gerard did not dive you morons. There was definitely contact, and he sold it, he did not go to ground with no contact. If any of you think for one moment that Gerard is anywhere near the diver Drogba and Ronaldo is you are purely ignorant. I don't condone diving, but this was a case of desperate theatrics not diving. I don't think it was a penalty and that is not Gerard's fault, I can hardly blame him for flailing his arms when he felt CONTACT, that is a natural response that every footballer has. You guys are idiots. He might do something like this once every two or three months. Drogba and Ronaldo do this every week(Ok not so much Drogba anymore), but ronaldo does this every week. The big difference here would be that if it was Ronaldo, he would have rolled on the ground waiting for the physios only to get up five minutes later to take the penalty. You morons cannot deny that there was contact, and that gerard was in mid air. Making a meal out of some contact-yes, diving-definitely not.

By: Shakira Graham

Shakira Graham — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:14:00 +0000

Yet another phantom penalty won by the diving Gerrard. He does this yet everone jumps on Drogba's back (rightfully so). Gerrard is just a bad diver as Drogba is and should be ashamed for that shameful dive but I'm sure he isnt.