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At the end of the day, the rule book probably needs a lot of tidying up on what does and does not count as "diving". IMO if the tackled player is tucking their feet back with toes pointed to the ground they are "trying to win a penalty", and that's simulation/diving. That's what I feel happened...

Ref (and VAR) both got the Willian situation right IMO. The key for me here is that Willian has clearly taken action of his own that made it certain he would be clipped by the tackle and go down as a result. He's pointed his toes the ground and tucked his feet backwards and allowed forward...