{"id":85111,"date":"2025-11-23T05:15:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T09:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/dias-criticizes-newcastle-goal-it-makes-no-sense-for-manchester-city\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T05:15:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T09:15:59","slug":"dias-criticizes-newcastle-goal-it-makes-no-sense-for-manchester-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/dias-criticizes-newcastle-goal-it-makes-no-sense-for-manchester-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Dias criticizes Newcastle goal: “It makes no sense” for Manchester City"},"content":{"rendered":"

R\u00faben Dias Criticizes Refereeing Decision in Manchester City’s Defeat<\/h2>\n\nManchester City defender R\u00faben Dias expressed his discontent with the referee’s decision that allowed Newcastle’s winning goal last Saturday. The Portuguese player pointed out the inconsistency in the referee’s decisions as a factor that “makes no sense.”\n\nHarvey Barnes scored a brace to give Newcastle the victory at St James’ Park. The second goal, which generated controversy, came after a corner in which Barnes appeared to push City goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.\n\nDonnarumma angrily protested the action to the referee after the goal, but VAR did not intervene to annul it.\n\n\n
\"Jugadores<\/figure>\n\n\nManchester City players surround referee Sam Barrott after Harvey Barnes’ goal for Newcastle.<\/em>\n\n\n

Of all the decisions, only the second goal… I think we need it to make sense. Sometimes you allow it, sometimes you don’t. Where is the rule? What can you really do?<\/p>R\u00faben Dias<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nDays, when speaking after the match, he added: “The second goal, Gigio is in his place, they push him and there are no consequences. It is allowed. I had the opportunity to see it again and I didn’t even realize it on the field.”\n\nThe defender also commented on the play: “I thought it was strange that he was out of position, so we immediately knew something was wrong. But I was able to see the replay and it’s Barnes pushing him away from the goal. We are very picky about certain contacts, but one like this with the goalkeeper, do you allow it? It is what it is. If that’s the rule, fine. But let us do the same.”\n\nDays continued: “In the past, this was a foul. Now, apparently, it’s allowed. People will say I’m looking for excuses, but it’s nothing like that. Today Newcastle was better and deserved the victory. That’s why they were able to score more opportunities than us. In the end, all I’m saying is that there has to be a rule.”\n\n\n

\"Ruben<\/figure>\n\n\nRuben Dias celebrates a goal for Manchester City against Newcastle.<\/em>\n\nWhen asked about the incident, Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola referred to a goal that Bournemouth scored at the Etihad Stadium, where Donnarumma was bothered in a corner before the visitors’ equalizer.\n\n\n

If he complained, it’s because something bad happened. The same thing happened in Bournemouth. It is what it is.<\/p>Pep Guardiola<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nWith the defeat, Manchester City missed the opportunity to reduce Arsenal’s lead in the Premier League.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

R\u00faben Dias Criticizes Refereeing Decision in Manchester City’s Defeat Manchester City defender R\u00faben Dias expressed his discontent with the referee’s decision that allowed Newcastle’s winning goal last Saturday. The Portuguese player pointed out the inconsistency in the referee’s decisions as a factor that “makes no sense.” Harvey Barnes scored a brace to give Newcastle the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[10577,1200,144,1472],"class_list":{"0":"post-85111","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-harvey-barnes","9":"tag-manchester-city","10":"tag-newcastle","11":"tag-ruben-dias"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}