It wasn't a tackle. It was a very badly executed attempt to spread himself and make a block.
"Assault" a completely ridiculous term to use.
As I have said, it is an extremely unfortunate injury for the player, but its not intentional in any way.
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It wasn't a tackle. It was a very badly executed attempt to spread himself and make a block.
"Assault" a completely ridiculous term to use.
As I have said, it is an extremely unfortunate injury for the player, but its not intentional in any way.
Or people genuinely see something different? If I’d thought he’d meant to injure him I’d have said so, our player or not.
This is great, they haven't been this angry since Ramos injured Salah. Pickford is going to need to move to Alaska to avoid the lynch mobs.
Bullens Rd
Player Valuation: £35m
Don't be so stupid. If he wanted to assault him he would have made sure his studs went into his knee caps.
As it happens he's stretching to either block or connect with a ball he's never likely to get and ends up connecting with van Dijk's planted leg, with his momentum leading him to connect with the knee with his leg.
We all know Pickford is thick and extremely erratic, so his failed attempt at getting the ball comes as no surprise.
No more, no less. Shame for the Liverpool player, but I'm not losing any sleep over it. I didn't go into the game thinking "ooh I desperately want us to break all their legs today".
It was an accident; accidents happen.
I was a lone voice last season with regards the Son tackle, for me it was just a foul and no malice involved, these things sadly happen in football.
I don't like to see players injured, but as I said last night, he was throwing himself into tackles like a bellend and you reap what you sow.
I doubt Pickford even meant to foul him nevermind injure him.
flibbyflob
Player Valuation: £40m
I wouldn't be against it, he isn't good enough. Trouble is I have no idea how good the new lad is.
Bullens Rd
Player Valuation: £35m
I hope Ancelotti keeps faith his Pickford - if he's dropped it'll give more power to those Kopites who are demanding a public lynching of him. In fact I hope we get a penalty and he takes it and smashes it into the top corner.
Of course he didnt mean to foul, he's a goalkeeper! Any foul he commits is usually a penalty and a sending off.
Carragher, as much as I dont like him, was bang on. Pickford's game and head is all over the place so he made a rash decision and hoped for the best. Sad for the injured opponent but considering whom it was and what he'd just done a few minutes before my sympathy is extremely limited.
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I note Son scored a cracker today, couldn't bring myself to watch it. Still can't believe he didn't get any punishment for his part in the injury. He is scoring goals and celebrating while our man can't play. It is a funny old game. Just seen it...Mourinho compared it to Ronaldo (the real one)...
The reaction is so bizarre. When you compare it to son basically getting knighted last year to make him feel better it’s even weirder. It was just a really really bad piece of goalkeeping, it’s not like he was Even trying to tackle him, never mind hurt him.
I really doubt he meant to foul him. Deliberately giving away a needless penalty was hardly a smart move.
It was a very bad piece of goalkeeping from a very poor goalkeeper. The intent argument a ridiculous angle that the media are pushing.
Jim Hopper
Player Valuation: £40m
It wasn’t an assault stop being melodramatic and creating something that’s not there to suit your agenda. Perhaps a wreck-less challenge and a possible sending off? Yes. There was no intent to harm the player. Use your brain, why would he jeopardise conceding a penalty in that manner?
Your former centre back called it for how it is on Sky earlier. It was one of them, part of the game, we’ve received them ourselves over the years, it happens. Get over it. We wish him a speedy recovery. If Pickford gets a ban for it then fair enough but drop the assault rhetoric as it makes youse look desperate.
Osamabindiesel
Player Valuation: £60m
Pickford may be a calamity but he is not a snidey cheat. No way he meant to hurt anyone. He’s just genuinely that bad
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