Was It A Penalty? Of Course It Wasn't!

Last updated : 21 October 2008 By Footy Mad - Editor
The official will study replays of the 12th-minute decision which saw the Senegal international sent off for a trip on Robinho, and handed the visitors to chance to take the lead from the penalty spot.

What was Beye supposed to do ... let the player go for goal unchallenged.

He HAD to go for the ball, and he obviously made a tackle that won the ball and the City striker made the most of the situation.

Television replays clearly showed that Beye had played the ball, and Styles has been in hot water before, and issued an apology after reviewing another penalty decision he gave against Jlloyd Samuel during Bolton's defeat at Manchester United last month.

Kinnear: "I have been in to have a chat with him and he is prepared to have a look at it, and he will let me know what his views are in about four or five days.

"He is such an honest kid, the lad who made the tackle. He said to me, 'Gaffer, I swear to God, I got the ball first'.

"Thankfully, the TV playback clearly shows he did get the ball first."

"It was a hard one to call, but referees, like all of us, makes mistakes and please God, he will put it right because we are not in a position now, having just got him [Beye] back, that I would want to lose him."