Hime wrote:Saint of Killers wrote:Schiess dem Denster wrote:He's left his foot there for too long for me. I don't think there's any point appealing. He's trod on him.
I just think Bellerin's pose is such an unusual and unexpected one that it could be argued where was Pogba supposed to put his foot down?
Hime wrote:You could argue that he couldn't avoid making contact with studs but there is no reason for all his body weight to go on his leg.
No reason? He's running for the ball and attempts to poke it away from Bellerin. Bellerin's unorthodox movement means Pogba's foot lands on the Arsenal man's leg. Pogba doesn't have the reflexes to then instantly shift his weight and fly into the air like a startled kitty.
Bellerin had every right to make the weird looking play for the ball, but in doing so he made contact with Pogba's foot all the more likely to occur. Pogba shouldn't be punished for that.
That's just not true at all. It's completely possible to change your footing while running, he's moving at pace but hardly sprinting, I honestly think that if he wasn't sent off he would have been punished after the fact.
Kanbei posted the wording of the rules when Mane got sent off and there is no question Pogba should have gone. For the record I thought Mane's was harsh at first but in hindsight and after Kanbei's post I understand why he went. As a neutral it was a shame it ruined the game but he did endanger their keeper. I think Pogba left a bit in as well.
As for the Koscielny decision, it was too far away from goal, there was cover, and it's not an automatic red anyway (remember when Koscielny didn't get sent off against Bayern and then did?)
Nobody apart from Denster seems to be mentioning our penalty though (not even calling it a shout, it was a penalty). Stop moaning about correct decisions, you won a game you probably shouldn't have done had justice been done. The only bad decision (not made by one of our defenders anyway!) was the penalty.
