Four minutes extra time should mean four minutes

It's time to have extra time as exact time.

So if the fourth official holds up his board for four minutes, it should mean that and not a minimum of four minutes.

I thought the Manchester derby was a great game, not perhaps as good as the original 4-3 classic that I played in for Liverpool, but still entertaining stuff.

And in an age of 4-5-1 stifling games, it was refreshing to see two teams really go at each other.



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