There is not, but some who think its a penalty are saying its down to the ref to decide. Subjective judgement = is it to favour big club then yes use it and give a penalty. Sometimes when you make a tackle like that its impossible to not touch the player, if you touch the ball first.
Still not clear though. Are we saying its down to the ref to decide if there was any malice in the tackle?
In all honesty if that had happened against Arsenal, no way is a penalty given
When did the rules change to how much contact with the ball. TL clearly touches the ball first. Thats called a tackle. If you then make contact with the player so what.
If thats a penalty then football is gone forever. Might as well ban all tackles.