Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini blasts referee Roger East after Everton stalemate

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Agen Klik4D  ~   Manuel Pellegrini slammed referee Roger East for failing to award Manchester City a penalty in added time during Wednesday night's stalemate against Everton.

 

Raheem Sterling was brought down by John Stones in what looked a blatant foul in the third minute of stoppage time, but ref East was unconvinced.

City’s failure to score at home for the first time in nearly a year kept them three points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal and Leicester.

Pellegrini was incredulous that East failed to point to the spot, with replays of the incident endorsing his belief City had suffered a huge injustice.

Stones slid in to a challenge on Sterling, failing to take the ball but bringing down his England team-mate in the process, enraging Pellegrini.

I don’t think I need to give my thoughts about that action,” said Pellegrini.

“The whole stadium could see it was a penalty. It was so clear, so near for the referee and both legs of Raheem were taken.

“It was a clear foul from Stones, but if the referee doesn’t whistle for it, we can’t say anything about that.

“We did enough, especially in the second-half, to win the game, but nothing is finished yet. We have another 17 games to go.”

Everton boss Roberto Martinez said East was right not to award a penalty and accused Sterling of trying to con him by attempting to induce a foul.

“I saw John Stones go to ground to block the trajectory of the ball,” said Martinez.

Bandar Judi Online Klik4D  ~   “All of a sudden, Sterling is quite happy not to play the ball and he wants to invite some sort of a contact.

“Not long ago we were on the receiving end of a really poor decision right at the end in the last minute against Stoke.

It was the wrong decision at that time. What you want as a manager is a referee that is 100 per cent when he gives that sort of decision.

“It’s impossible from that point to say there was intent and if it was a penalty or not.

“As a referee, sometimes you get emotional, you go with the crowd and you give a decision that isn’t the right one.

“If you’re not certain you don’t want to gamble with a decision that could have been so damaging from our point of view. I felt he made the right call.”

City dominated the second-half but could not find a way through, Everton keeper Tim Howard producing a series of fine saves to keep them out.

Sterling, Yaya Toure and Sergio Aguero all went close for City but Everton, chiefly through the heroics of Howard, managed to keep them at bay.

Pellegrini’s side last failed to score at home on January 24 last year, and this was the first time in 99 home Premier League games they have drawn 0-0.

But the damage from this stalemate was lessened by title rivals Arsenal being pegged back late on at Liverpool.