Dean got the Koscielny decision spot on (Video)

Fans couldn't get away from the fact that yesterday was Super Sunday. It was continuously announced to the watching world that Manchester United were hosting Liverpool and Manchester City were to travel to the Emirates Stadium to take on Arsenal in a day where football all but took centre stage.

While the encounter at Old Trafford all but passed by without a hitch, things were beginning to boil over in the capital. 10 minutes into the game between the two Premier League giants and Mike Dean had riled the home fans by awarding City a penalty and dishing out a red card to Gunners centre-back Laurent Koscielny.

At first, many took to Twitter to ask “For what?” before replays showed that Koscielny effectively rugby tackled Edin Dzeko to the ground. While a number of staunch Arsenal fans criticised Dean for “ruining the game”, the fact of the matter is the referee's decision was spot on.

In real time, it looked as though nothing out of the ordinary had occurred and many, myself included, were left scratching their collective heads, making the decision that much more impressive.

Either way, replays show that Dean made the right call, with Koscielny denying Dzeko and clear goalscoring opportunity and dragging him to the floor when the ball was played through to the City striker.  

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Comments

[Wrong]

I would agree hadnt it been for Teves effort at goal. How many chances should they get? What would the decision have been if Tevez scored a goal? I would really like to see the refs do this at OT....

[Paulus]

Nobody has argued it wan't the right decision, even Wenger didn't argue against it in the post match interview on Sky. So what is the point of this article...who says it wasn't a red?

[JB]

Of course it was a red card - however the issue is why is this not always a red card. The big crime by officials is lack of consistency. If this foul was called and dealt with this way every week fair enough but it is not and this is the frustration.

[gardiancho]

OK LETS LOOK THE RULES.

1. LAST MAN ?? HE WASNT LAST MAN, LAST MAN WAS GIBS. BECAUSE THE LAST MAN IS THAT WHO IS NEAR THE GOAL BUT LOOKING THE OFFSIDE LINE.
2. IF YOU SEE THE REF FIRST OF ALL GIVE THE GAME TO CONTINUE, TEVEZ HAD A CHANCE FOR GOAL HE TRY WITH THE HEADER SCZESNY SAFE THE BALL, AND THAN THE REF DICEDED A PENALTY.
SO THE RULES ARE IF YOU CONTINUE THE GAME AND OTHER PLAYER TOUCH THE BALL AND HAVE A GOAL SCORING CHANCE YOU DONT HAVE A PERMISSION TO STOP THE GAME.

so please now explain me IDIOTS how you all understood that this is a penalty and red card ????????????????

WHAT RULES DO YOU ALL LOOKING AT PLEASE TELL ME.