- David N'Gog earns his papers.
Liverpool stumbled its way to a 2-2 draw with Birmingham City yesterday thanks in large part to a dubious penalty drawn by David N’Gog. Lee Carsley branded N’gog a cheat for his diving ways. Upon review of the video evidence, UF has determined that N’Gog is deserving of the inaugural UF Drogba Award, an accommodation recognizing N’Gog’s mastery of the archer’s bow and deceit of the referee.
The award is named after Chelsea and Cote d’Ivorie striker Didier Drogba who is recognized worldwide as one of the pre-eminent divers. His reputation may have hurt him this past weekend though, when Jonny Evans mistook him for a vampire and tried to drive a stake his cleats through Drogba’s heart, yet Drogba received a yellow card.
After the jump, video of N’Gog’s malfeasance as well as Evans’ attempted murder.
what is really impressive is that Evans hit him pretty much in the same spot with the second kick (when they were falling)
also, Jonny Evans is a rapist…and now an attempted murderer.
I despise pretty much everything associated with both of these teams, and it pains me to sympathize with anything Man U, but to me it really does look like Drogba was trying to up-end Evans in the air (reminiscent of that poor bastard from Cal this weekend).
Given, I don’t blame Evans – that dirty rapist – for throwing a few cleats Drogba’s way.
So at the end of the day, probably a win-win all around; Drogba gets cleated (twice!), more general ire is thrown towards ManU. Good enough for me.
I loathe Nemanja Vidic, but give the thumbs-up to his sideline laugh.
Eh, it’s a disgrace the way that Drogba threw himself at Evans cleats to try to hurt the lad’s knee like that. [chomps gum] And that should have led to another minute or two of stoppage time.
I honestly don’t think Drogba was trying to upend Evans. If Evans hadn’t Cantona’d Drogba, I don’t think the two would have ended up running into each other to severely or that Evans would have been upended. The cleats to the chest is indefensible when Evans is sticking his leg out like he was.
@Bergkamp: as much as it pains me to side with Drogba, it looks like he would have actually ran past Evans if Evans wouldn’t have stuck his leg out.
Nice artwork, by the way.
Yes, quality work by Ned.
Drogba is a disgrace. Flapping his legs about like he was having a seizure. What an idiot.
@NN: Yeah, as I watched it live, for a split second I thought that perhaps I was watching someone die on the field. Then I remembered it was Drogba. Hopefully some wiseacre (Joey Barton?) will do a parody the next time they go down after a challenge. That said, it still looked like it fucking hurt.
I hate Drogba so much. He sums up the worst of football. Even Chelsea fans secretly hate him. Disgrace.
Ned: really, they do?
I think you mean fucking disgrace.
@James T Yep. They just won’t admit it.
One commenter at the esteemed Guardian claims that Ngog’s leap wasn’t a dive because he was afraid of jumping the tackle and landing on the wet grass.
Goat- I’d prefer someone do that as a goal celebration against Chelsea
@MCR Oh dear oh dear. Some people.
Little known fact: wet grass is the most likely cause of most season-ending injuries in professional soccer. Second most likely–Birmingham City.
@Keith: I wished there was more gamesmanship like that in the Prem. That sounds fucking hilarious.
Goat, they play Wolves, Porto (Mourinho Bowl!), Arsenal and Citeh in the next month. Only player on any of those sides that would do it is Bellamy. And I hope he does. But that Citeh lose.
Paul Tomkins and the cat that runs Studs Up both think it was a penalty.
@Georger. Thats just outrageous. Thats the way to lose all credibility instantly. Studs Up have just been deleted in my favorites.
He actually makes some good points and doesn’t dispute that Ngog went down theatrically, rather that under the rules the ref can call it a penalty. http://twitter.com/christoy
It didn’t help that the N’Gog “penalty” was committed by Carsley, who looks like he should appear as Thug #2 in a Guy Ritchie flick.