Simon Hooper was slammed for his howler in Manchester City's 3-3 draw with Tottenham where he denied a stoppage-time goal opportunity for Jack Grealish. The referee drew the ire of the reigning champions after blowing the whistle for a foul on Erling Haaland rather than playing advantage with Grealish seemingly through on goal in the final minute of Sunday's (December 3) clash. Hooper has been at the centre of a

Man Utd played very poorly in away defeat at Newcastle Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag and Bruno Fernandes were unhappy with referee Robert Jones’ performance in Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at Newcastle United, according to reports. Fabian Schar was fortunate to escape a booking at St James’ Park, but the Red Devils pair couldn’t believe he stayed on the pitch. United were woeful on Tyneside as Anthony Gordon’s second-half strike

Former Man United star Phil Bardsley and Real Housewives wife Tanya are slammed by fans for pretending to wash out their seven-year-old son’s mouth with shampoo – after catching him telling his brother to ‘f*** off’ The 38-year-old assistant manager of Macclesfield received angry comments His wife Tanya, 42, said in an Instagram post that ‘honestly the world is serious’ Manchester United in a mess – they have a collapse in

Round 2! Pep Guardiola is set for a touchline reunion with Anthony Taylor at Villa Park on Wednesday – after sarcastically calling the fourth official the ‘the master of commander who knows everything’ Anthony Taylor has been named as the fourth official for Man City vs Aston Villa It comes after Pep Guardiola’s outburst at Taylor following their draw to Spurs Have you witnessed abuse of referees? Contact [email protected] Pep Guardiola

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Thanks for signing up to the Football email Bernardo Silva feels Manchester City suffered a “very, very bad” decision against Tottenham but admits the team also need to do their own job better. City’s players, and particularly Erling Haaland, reacted furiously when they were denied the

Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope set to undergo scans on a dislocated shoulder and could require surgery… but the Magpies are optimistic he will not be out for longer than five months Nick Pope is facing a long injury lay-off after suffering a dislocated shoulder Pope is set to undergo scans and could be forced to have surgery on the injury  We expected perfection from VAR – we haven’t got it:

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Thanks for signing up to the Football email It is not Pep Guardiola’s most famous treble of 2023. It won’t be his favourite one, either. First Cole Palmer, then Trent Alexander-Arnold and now Dejan Kulusevski have scored late equalisers against his team. Manchester City’s serial winners

CHRIS WHEELER: Manchester United look like a pub team after a night out… too many bad eggs, too many bad attitudes and too many lazy players in their defeat against Newcastle Manchester United’s struggles were again laid bare by Newcastle on Saturday All is not well in the United camp and their poor performance was damning We expected perfection from VAR – we haven’t got it: Listen to It’s All

MATT BARLOW: Jordan Pickford’s England spot has never looked more secure… the Everton goalkeeper is getting better with age and can easily pick up 100 international caps Jordan Pickford is continuing to cement his place as England’s No.1 goalkeeper The Everton and Three Lions shot-stopper is only getting better with age We expected perfection from VAR – we haven’t got it: Listen to It’s All Kicking Off Jordan Pickford’s status

Jamie Carragher has brutally compared Marcus Rashford to underperforming Manchester United team-mate Anthony Martial, who Red Devils legend Roy Keane has quipped ‘scores one goal every 14 years’. Carragher believes that Rashford’s approach to recent matches is akin to the often languid Martial. Rashford has struggled to replicate his incredible form from last season, in which he struck 30 goals across all competitions. The 26-year-old has scored only twice in