He has definitely played left back at times this season. Off the top of my head I think he finished the Fulham as left back after we started with a back 3, but went to a back four for the last 20 mins. Everton he came on for the last few mins and played left back and he may have played the at...
If it had been a free kick there were covering defenders so it wouldn't have been a red card as it wasn't stopping a clear goal scoring opportunity/JPVH wasn't last man.
As it was a penalty and he didn't make any attempt to play the ball the double jeopardy rule doesn't come into effect so...
I think you are right he was taking one for the team, initial contact was made outside the box so I think JPVH wanted to make the pull back outside the box to give away a free kick, it was probably instinctive after the slip and JPVH hadn't realised how close to the box they were. Unfortunately...