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You have inserted the word 'directly' in there (not sure why), which isn't in the law. It says 'moving towards the player's goal'. So the referee did have an excuse if he thought Buckley was heading away from goal. I don't think he will get AS bollocked for that one as the second one. Though as...

It was football karma - or put another way, two refereeing howlers and a nightmare evening with the assessor. He should have gone for the first one, although I could excuse that to a point - the law says he has to be going towards goal and it be a clear goalscoring opportunity. While in my...