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Without checking, doesn't the rule refer to 'preventing' a goal with your hand. Obviously Duffy didn't prevent a goal so therefore couldn't be booked or red carded. Edit: Looked it up now and the wording is A player is sent off, however, if he prevents a goal or an obvious goalscoring...

I was outraged. Stephens played the ball with his studs and it was Ramirez's follow through that caused the incident and his inadequate shin pads that meant he got injured. The two incidents this weekend are different in that the foot was very unnaturally high and they were reckless.

Having watched these two on MOTD and MOTD2 they seem to be suggesting that you can go in for the ball and if you miss because the defender gets there first you should be sent off for going in recklessly. My view is that both Mane and Ritchie should have been sent off, one was the other wasn't...