It was a bit more than that. Llorente had hold of his shirt.
Nah, fuck that. They both had a tiny jostle for the ball as it ran clear, with the Rochdale defender with the more obvious 'foul' (not that I'd say it was)... It was totally irrelevant to the piece of play though, as Llorente then went and cleanly tackled the guy who the ball ran to. It's an abysmal and concerning decision if that's what it takes for a goal to be chalked off.
Excellent result (in the end). First team going forward now though please
But he did come to a stop at the end of it. He didn't run up, stop, carry on running then take the kick. He ran up, stopped, then kicked. He didn't start running again after he stopped, therefore, it was at the end of his run up.
That's not waht he did. He ran, stopped, then took another step with his left foot before kicking it with his right.But he did come to a stop at the end of it. He didn't run up, stop, carry on running then take the kick. He ran up, stopped, then kicked. He didn't start running again after he stopped, therefore, it was at the end of his run up.
He ran, stopped, took another step or two, struck the ball - It's open to debate as clearly stopping right at the end pausing, feinting to shoot, imo is not what he did, he clearly continues his movement after stopping, albeit only a couple of steps - But the law clearly states "at the end of the run" how far away from the ball is he when he pauses? The Law then therefor needs to be rewritten to allow "no feinting" imo - but whatever.
Well I suppose you could say that's one more step but yes, the rules aren't clear. Personally have no issue at all with it being disallowed. Stupid thing to do.
I only have an issue down to the fact i have seen many a penalty taken in that manner over the years (was it John Aldridge make a living out of it?) and never seen a yellow card and it disallowed - If the officials are consistent from week to week these things would not even be debated about.
And not see Foyth anymore or consider the squad with games up coming? Poch is doing just fine and we were able easily to accommodate this replay.
This run up thing is gonna be the new 'did Lovren play Kane onside?' thing isn't it?
But he did come to a stop at the end of it. He didn't run up, stop, carry on running then take the kick. He ran up, stopped, then kicked. He didn't start running again after he stopped, therefore, it was at the end of his run up.
It's a completely unnecessary grey area. Just ban all kinds of stutters and feints in run ups and everyone knows where they stand.
Well I suppose you could say that's one more step but yes, the rules aren't clear. Personally have no issue at all with it being disallowed. Stupid thing to do.
Made the sport/officiating better?...see what VAR has done to the NFL/NHL/MLB...
COYS
The rules need re-writing for stuttering on pens, can see both sides of the argument because the rules aren't clear.
If you can stutter step on a free kick why can't you stutter step on a penalty?
If the keeper can hesitate to dive on a penalty why can't the take hesitate to kick it?