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Chelsea could have got 2 penalties. Are they clear penalties ? No. Do you often see penalties given for similar facts: yes, very often.
Barnes on Ivanovic is Always a red card on the continent: he never had the intention to play the ball, didn't even look at the ball. But, maybe Englis people and refs see this as a yellow. I hope something similarly will happen against a City player, i wonder what your opinion will be then. Might be that you still think it's a yellow. You certainly are not an unfair guy.
Where you are completely wrong is about Barnes on Matci. The fact that it's accidental is totally irrelevant. Witsel's horror tackle on Wasilewski was accidentally (young Witsel was horrified by Wasilewski who was the most dirty player in our competition). Was it a justifiedred ? Yes, it was.
Did the Birmingham defender had the intention to break Eduardo's leg in the match against Arsenal. I don't think so. Was it a justified red ? Of course it was. What Barnes did on Matic (and IMO on Ivanovic and before that on another Chelsea player, i don't remember which one) is always a red card.
Like i said in the referee thread: referees should protect players. What Barnes did against Matic could have resulted in a severe injury (hence the reaction of both Matic and Ivanovic). Players know damn well when something is dangerous. IMO English referess are irresponsable in this aspect: they often don't protect the players. English football is supposed to be "more physical"...but what Barnes did yesterday should never be tolerated on a football pitch.
All this said, Chelsea do have a right to complain, but Chelsea should always win this match regardless of referee decisons. They didn't help, but a team like Chelsea should always win against Burnley.
And about the complot theories: my 14 year old daughter is a Chelsea fan. When i tell her that there are Chelsea fans who seriously think about acomplot against Chelsea, she has to laugh with it.
PS: i haven't seen the beginning of the match, but wasn't there an anti-racism action of the Chelsea fans before the match. Isawsomething about it ona Belgian website.
I think Barnes' foot into Ivanovic was worse because there was intention there. But I don't think it is worth a red and a 3 match ban. I'd call it an orange card - a 15 minute 'sinbin' if I made the rules of football. There was intent but it wasn't overly dangerous.
There has to be either intent to harm or a degree of recklessness to warrant a straight red. I don't think judging any incident on the outcome is correct. For example, a player swinging an elbow at a player and missing should be shown a red card - it's intent to harm and in a serious way. However, a player who catches a player in a very nasty way as a result of some other action should not be shown a red - even if the action really did end the career of the other player.
I don't think there's enough of an element of intent or recklessness with the Barnes-Matic incident. Barnes kicks the ball and Matic's planted leg gets in the way of the natural movement of Barne's foot. It's made to look worse as Barnes moves his left leg up as apparent protection from Matic's incoming right leg.
The incident isn't too dissimilar to the 'defender kicks the bottom of the forward's foot during a clearance' type of scenario, just with the victim of pain being reversed.
Granted, sometimes intent is hard to read but I'd rather football err on the side of innocence than guilt. That's one of the reason's I'd introduce an orange card. If the ref is unsure of intent he has another tool at his disposal, one that doesn't have such heavy ramifications on the player if innocent or the game being played.
On the pens. I wouldn't have been surprised if the handball was given - or the Luis handball also - but when the ball deflects onto your hand I don't think it's a pen. Like all teams, City have benefited from and been punished (incl. high profile games against Chelsea and vs Liverpool in a cup semi final) and either way I've never thought they were pens.
The Costa one was a pen
I thought hard before posting that due to your dislike for tribalism.
they are idiots though 



) Rivalry are created to build-up/amplify a certain scenario. You can`t walk into a Boston pub wearing a Yankee cap (regardless if you even follow the game) Rivalry is the most common emotion that most all can relate to, it`s the Kane&Abel syndrome.
I just hope you know more than 5 ppl .