WagesGraham Potter's going to manage to get the best out of David Luiz when he comes to us because nobody else wants him.
I thought they werent doing the double jeopardy of red card + penalty
According to the NBC coverage over here, the defending playing has to make a legitimate attempt to play the ball (and the ref decided in this case Luiz didn't).
No idea if that is correct or not.
3 game suspension
That is correct, if a player is deemed to have made a genuine attempt to play the ball when committing the foul then only a penalty is given. Violent conduct or a professional foul will still result in a red card. Luiz made no attempt to play the ball, he didn't even break his stride in an attempt to get to the ball, so was sent off for what the ref considered a professional foul.
Isn't it just one for denying a goal scoring opportunity? Seems harsh to consider that foul 'violent conduct'.
Isn't it just one for denying a goal scoring opportunity? Seems harsh to consider that foul 'violent conduct'.