- Dec 14, 2010
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To be honest, I'd prefer it if there needed to be a foul to award a penalty instead of the slightest brush. I always ask 'would that have won a free kick anywhere else on the pitch?' It's too ingrained in the game now for much to be done and Refs never give a penalty if a player stays on his feet. Harry Winks would have got one v City if he'd gone sprawling but he stayed on his feet and didn't cheat and it's a shame it's come to that.
I agree. Any foul that leads to a penalty has to have the same treatment a anywhere on the pitch. No ref guidelines say otherwise.
Even with spurs-tinted glasses on the Alli penalty was correct. The defender commits and Dele fools him into thinking he is making a cross and changes direction.
The issue is not this one but other times he has gone down too easy. He is getting a reputation so people will see tackles in a more cynical way.