Here are some memorable ones
- Matteo Kovacic somehow not getting sent over against us on Sunday
- Christian Norgaard being offside during the buildup during Brentford’s equaliser against us at home last season somehow not being taken into account
- Martinelli’s disallowed goal at Old Trafford away last season (even PGMOL admits Odegaard did not foul Eriksen in the buildup)
- Dan Burn’s foul on Gabriel denying us a penalty (Newcastle at home last season)
- Son somehow avoiding a booking for elbowing Rob Holding during our 3-0 to Sp*rs in the 21/22 season
- Several penalty shouts not given
That’s the thing though, I don’t think it was a foul. David Luiz doesn’t run across him – he’s behind him, makes no attempt to put in any challenge, and the Wolves player catches him, which causes him to trip up. If that’s a foul, then surely anyone can just run into the box with the ball, clatter into a defender, fall over and win a pen
He runs across the back of him. He’s initially to his right then runs directly behind him as the Wolves player goes to shoot. You don’t have to put a challenge in to foul someone. Watching it back in 0.25 on youtube it actually looks like Luiz’s knee goes in to the bottom of the foot so yeah it’s a definite foul.
I agree that you don’t have to put in a challenge to foul someone, but if that’s foul contact, how do you differentiate between what Luiz did and the scenario I described, where an attacker just runs into a defender and wins a pen? Intent? If you must imply intent in that situation, why not here? Neither player intends to make contact, it’s incidental
I’d have to see a specific scenario to say. I mean you can do hypotheticals the other way and say if these aren’t deemed a foul then what’s to stop defenders running directly behind attackers that are through in goal and hope the attackers foot catches their leg causing them to trip?