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🚨🎙️ Peter Schmeichel on Manchester City’s controversial penalty decisions against Brighton: “Honestly, I will never understand what has been going on with Premier League referees lately. And I’m saying this knowing very well that Manchester City are a rival, so I have absolutely no reason to defend them or pretend I’m on their side. But sometimes you have to be honest about what you’re watching. I keep replaying both incidents, trying to understand exactly why a penalty wasn’t given. Not once, but twice. And I’m sorry, I genuinely cannot understand the decisions. At some point, you start asking yourself what exactly the officials are looking at because those are situations that deserve serious consideration. From my point of view, it actually feels like they really wanted Manchester City to lose this game. I’m not saying that is what happened, but when you look at those two incidents and neither results in a penalty, you have to question the consistency of the decisions. And how long are we going to keep overlooking things like this? These decisions can change the entire direction of a game. They can be the difference between winning, drawing and losing, especially in a match of this importance. Now, let me be clear. Brighton deserve enormous credit. They played a fantastic game, defended brilliantly and you could see how much effort they put into stopping Manchester City from scoring at the Etihad. They came with a plan and executed it extremely well. But giving Brighton their credit doesn’t mean we should ignore what happened with those penalty decisions. Both things can be true. Brighton deserved their performance, but those penalties could have changed the game. And that is exactly why these decisions need to be discussed.”