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When refs are making howlers as huge as the handball decision not given tonight, the case for a video ref is overwhelming IMO. It's unforgivable that potential match (and season) defining moments like that can continue to happen when the technology exists to prevent it.

The first one was ridiculous. Totally deliberate movement of the hand towards the ball and he literally punched it away. The most obvious and blatant penalty you could imagine. As for the second one, I think the ref got it absolutely right. Long knew he wasn't going to get to the ball before the defender so he changed the direction of his run very slightly to cut across him and engineer the contact. He does it quite frequently, and I reckon all the refs are suss to it because they never get given.

I thought that too. Watching the replay he initially looks over at Townsend and sees him in space, but then ignores him and leaves him far too much room to run in and provide the cross.

Looks a bad one for Davis.

Shane Long is probably the most limited striker I have ever seen play for us at PL level. Even worse than Iain Dowie!

Anybody still of the opinion that we don't need video technology? The most blatant and deliberate handball you will ever see, he literally punched the ball away, and it's not given. It's just not acceptable that refs can get away with such incompetence any more. And as much as I hate to agree with Fat Sam, if I was him i would be pretty livid about the foul not given in the lead up to our goal as well.

That device must have malfunctioned, just like it did when we signed Osvaldo.

No, I watched on a stream and had the benefit of multiple angle replays, and I stand by my opinion. Forster has been a liability for months now and it's obvious the rest of the defence have little confidence in him.

For the first goal, once again he got beaten by a bouncing shot from outside the box that was well inside the post. He got nowhere near it, like he hasn't done all season because he doesn't have the reactions to get down quick enough. Other PL keepers frequently save those kind of efforts but Forster never does. For the second goal, when the ball broke to Yoshida and he flicked it back into the danger area which lead to the penalty, Forster should have been screaming at Maya to leave it for him to claim which would have snuffed out the attack. He stayed rooted to his line and kept quiet, and for the umpteenth time this season the attack continues as a result of his inability to deal with first time balls into the box. But if you want to keep your head in the sand and pretend that all is fine then go right ahead.

Watch it again. When the ball breaks to Yoshida before he made the stupid flick, Forster needs to be taking command and screaming at him to leave it. But as usual he's just rooted to his line and quiet. He's a total liability in all aspects of his game at the moment.

What the hell was that stupid little flick in the run up to the pen? Why on earth didn't he get a shout from Forster to leave it? FFS our defence is an utter shambles at the moment.

Jesus Christ Dusan! You can't be missing the target from there! I know it wouldn't have counted but FFS, that's unforgivable.

I wouldn't say it was an amazing save. I would expect any PL keeper to make that. Interesting that when he can stay on his feet he can make saves, but never when he has to dive.

I like Davis, but he's hopeless in that holding role alongside Romeu. Putting a player who can't tackle and constantly misplaces short passes in that position is just inviting pressure onto our defence.

FFS. Yet another weak shot (it bounced before crossing the line) nowhere near the corner, and Forster gets nowhere near it again. He's got the reactions of a f*cking sloth.

Probably because he got something of the ball before clattering Redmond.

Clasie misses out on the matchday 18 again.

Please don't make me click on a Daily Heil link. What does the story say?

I seem to remember everybody on here writing off our chances of getting a result up there at the tail end of last season, only for Davis to pop up with two goals and prove everybody wrong. Granted, that was later in the season when Spurs were in the full swing of their end-of-season burnout that is typical of Pochettino's management. At the moment we look capable of scoring 2-3 goals per game no matter who we are playing. The big question is... will that be enough to secure us some points?

Tell me about it! Whilst watching the second leg of the EFL semi-final at Anfield recently my stream was very unstable, stuttering and buffering loads. Into stoppage time and Liverpool get a corner, and as their man is walking over to take it the stream froze for what seemed like an eternity. I also had Bet365 open in another tab following the game, and while staring at the frozen image, I heard the sound effect it plays whenever a goal is scored in the game you are following. My heart sank! I clicked on the Bet365 tab to have a look and it took me a few seconds to register that it was us who had scored and not Liverpool. Then my stream decided to unfreeze just as Shlong was being swamped by his team-mates. I still couldn't quite believe what had just happened - it was surreal.

And who can forget that disastrous 3-4-3 he started us with at Bournemouth!

I watched the whole game on a stream, and while I agree that he had little to no chance of saving any of the shots, I do feel he should have come and claimed the FK that was put into his 6-yard box in the run up to the 3rd. For him to continually stay rooted to his line like he does at free kicks and corners is a massive concern for us defensively, as it means we frequently get put under sustained pressure when the first ball in isn't claimed.

Their 3rd looked an obvious offside to me, but still an awful goal to give away. Good job our forward players did the business today, because our defence is badly out of sorts and let in 3 yet again.

Get in there Redmond! Although I'm still at a loss to understand how he managed to squeeze it in. If Forster had let that in he would be getting an absolute roasting on here.

I hope VVD will be fit again soon. We can't keep gifting goals like we are at the moment. Okaka was left to waltz into our box completely unchallenged, and with Forster not saving anything on target at the moment (not blaming this one on him btw) it's dead cert they will score. And as I type - Gabby scores to restore the lead