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Manchester City and Erling Haaland fumed at referee Simon Hooper for his mistake after they were denied a late counter-attack in their thrilling 3-3 draw against Tottenham.
City’s players surrounded the officials at full time and felt they had been denied a goalscoring chance when Hooper brought play back for a foul on Haaland.
City wanted to play advantage with Jack Grealish through on goal against only a couple of recovering Tottenham defenders. The Premier League champions were on the attack after conceding a late equaliser.
Haaland had to be restrained at full-time after leading the protests. The City striker was clipped by Tottenham defender Emerson Royal as the hosts broke forward, but Haaland was able to stay on his feet to continue the move and play Grealish in on goal.
But referee Hooper brought the play back for the foul, which was committed inside the City half. Reacting to a clip of the incident on social media after full-time, Haaland posted: “Wtf”.
Erling Haaland has posted… 😳 pic.twitter.com/gweeV27YF9
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) December 3, 2023
On Sky Sports, former Manchester United captain Roy Keane said the referee had made a “mistake” while former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher said Hooper had “panicked” by bringing play back.
Former Manchester City defender Micah Richards added: “The referee had a brilliant game today until this moment. I don’t understand. He puts the whistle to his mouth, he waves it on but stops to play advantage. Grealish is clearly through but then he stops the play, which I just don’t understand.”
City were wasteful throughout the match, however, with Haaland missing an open goal and Jeremy Doku and Julian Alvaraz striking the post. Kulusevski’s 90th minute header rescued Tottenham a point at the Etihad and ended a run of three Premier League defeats in a row for Ange Postecoglou’s side.
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