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It shouldn’t be, and I don’t think that’s why the ref didn’t send him off. No-one can in anyway deny it was a goalscoring opportunity, that part is obvious. It must come down to the ref deciding that Hickey didn’t deliberately save the ball with his arm. Not enough to not give the pen, of...

Having gone and read the double jeopardy law (which has a broader usage than I thought), it looks as though the crucial difference in this case is Oliver thinking Hickey has attempted to play the ball (with his head or through legal means), even if the outcome of denying an obvious goalscoring...