This is at the heart of this. It's always possible to disagree about a subjective decision such as "unnatural" arm position. But here the head of PGMOL is staying they implement based on rules that the FA/IFAB changed two years ago. So how are we supposed to know what the laws are?
For the...
There is nothing in the current IFAB laws that says it's not a penalty if it hits some other part of the body first. Until someone comes up with a justification of why the Premier League is applying the rule differently then that should be a penalty.
I'm in sympathy with the current rules. If...