The only thing obvious to me from footage above was the defender watching ball in air, refraining from aggressively defending the position, the forward leaving his leg out in hope of getting a touch, jumping normally and then realising he had been touched, & falling to the floor..different...
I'm sorry but there are a few more grey areas. Are you saying that ALL professionally trained referees and VAR referees would see the same way? ...In a game where players are constantly trying to fool them? They've really got to come a long way. It's impossible and really quite boring in the...
Not having a pop but the last thing I'm interested in is the MOTD analysis...how those dinosaurs carry on earning £30000 a episode or whatever I'll never know. Rather watch a decent game of football
I humbly accept it was a pen ..as the referee gave it 😉 But it's not the game I grew up watching (accept some improvements needed to be made!) ..but gone too far...will that suffice? I'm not looking for argument just my ipinion
Hmm..was it reckless or using excessive force?..If you think it was careless it looked a very natural step of the defenders leg to me.
It looked more likely an unnatural drag/leaving his leg in a "vulnerable position to be fouled" to me..something that strikers probably learn before they learn...