The assistant is looking right down the line. They have by far the best view of who touched it last if it’s close to the edge of the pitch. Unless they’re spectacularly short-sighted, it’s surely the easiest part of the job.
I thought he was a weak ref generally. I can accept officials make mistakes (and he made some that favoured us too), but the one thing that really irks me is when a team is allowed to waste time right from the off.
Schmeichel’s goal-kicks were a joke. Once any keeper’s slowed the game down a...