- Oct 17, 2008
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Both Leicester players made questionable decisions that put the onus of the officials to make another one.
Maupay clearly fouled the Leicester player, but he broke free and somewhat bizarrely attempted to handle the ball.
( The actual handball came from a header onto his flailing arm after he had missed it )
What was he doing ? Trying to stop play ? Alert the referee to the foul ? Bonkers. You are running the risk of the officials missing the foul, which they did.
As for the offsides, well it's clearly a border-line "interfering/not interfering with play" tactic that Leicester employ. It will work for them sometimes and other times not.
Good points