You clearly haven’t seen it. It was well after the cross. Why on earth didn’t he blow after they cleared the corner. Would have saved all that!
Disagree. He blew before the cross came in. Commentators agreed as soon as the game ended.
Nah I’m not excusing Bellingham. But it was blown after, that’s not even debatable to be fair. He put the whistle to his mouth a couple of seconds before, but actually blew a good second after the ball left his foot.
I watched it this morning actually. If the whistle came after the cross as you claim, it certainly didn’t come “well after the cross”. How long do you think it took for the ball to travel from boot to head?
I'm afraid that ship has already sailed
That's a very good point, if you want to "go unnoticed" but.... Can you blow the whistle when the balls out of play? I don't know.
Absolutely!!!! Utterly stupid referee feeling big and clever blowing the whistle at a potentially contentious moment
Aren't you missing the main point here though? Bellingham should have accepted the decision, no lives were lost, it's a sporting moment and that has to be borne in mind
It’s a good point but this is a mega passionate sport, and therefore emotions running high, Bellingham was obviously wrong but why aren’t the referees association going to sit that referee down and ask him; why blow the whistle at that moment; like, what were you thinking and expecting?
