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I agree with that. Defender's have the right to stand their ground.

Anyway, I understand there are different opinions and that's fine. But Ronaldo's penalty wasn't clearly and obviously not a penalty, and so it was right to not be overturned. The one Aguero won was a lot of obvious in terms of who the initiator was, less debatable I guess, and so it's surprising...

The difference with Aguero is he actively put his leg towards the Icelandic defender, whereas Nacho put his leg toward Ronaldo. That's why Aguero initiated the contact.

It depends on the specific situation but if that example is not a penalty, it's because the attacker's movement is a lot more unnatural than Ronaldo's was. Ronaldo was sprinting and Nacho left his left in front of him, trying to bring it away at the last second but failing. Ronaldo is under no...

You added that after, but no, that's not what Clattenburg said at all.

So if a defender puts his leg in front of an attacker whilst trying to get the ball, misses, and the attacker trips over that leg, without changing his direction, then it's not a foul. ok mate :lol:

Are you serious? There is a clear movement of his leg. He tries to stop it but it's too late. I'm not sure how you can even deny that. Watch it again in slow motion, for your benefit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44408323

It was nothing like Ronaldo's one. Ronaldo left his leg there waiting for the contact and the Spanish player fell for it and tripped him. Ronaldo didn't change his direction. It was won, but it was a clear penalty. Aguero made a deliberate and clear movement towards the Icelandic player and ran...