[Albion] Was it a penalty?

[Bozza]

 

[Chicken Run]

If that was up the other end then definitely

 

[lizard]

Yes, but if it had been the other way around no chance.

 

[HeaviestTed]

It wasn’t a goal scoring opportunity, he didn’t do it on purpose, not a penalty.

We would have still lost.

 

[Oh_aye]

Of course it's a penalty. Ffs.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Yes. Yes it was.

 

[Dswinney]

I say no but it doesn’t matter. We weren’t good enough today

 

[Weststander]

Before pro Arsenal viewpoints pile in, please remember the benchmark from some experts that Doku got some the ball before his studs struck MacA …. their conclusion that getting to the ball first meant it was not a foul.

 

[Blues Guitarist]

If an attacker is clean through, keeper dives at his feet, punches the ball away then takes out the attacker. Is that a penalty?

If an attacker is clean through, keeper dives at his feet, gets a slight touch on the ball away then takes out the attacker. Is that a penalty?

 

[Luke93]

It wasn’t a goal scoring opportunity, he didn’t do it on purpose, not a penalty.

We would have still lost.

Doesn’t have to be a goal scoring opportunity. Doesn’t have to be on purpose.

But Lamptey does make a genuine attempt to play the ball. Does make contact but not cleanly.

The attacker goes into Lamptey who hasn’t moved to obstruct, he’s still in a falling motion. The ball’s direction deviates from Lamptey’s touch and the attacker has made a movement away from the ball. It’s a close one.

 

[lizard]

Before pro Arsenal viewpoints pile in, please remember the benchmark from some experts that Doku got some the ball before his studs struck MacA …. getting to the ball first meant it was not a foul … their conclusion.

It depends what shirt you're wearing of course.

 

[Stat Brother]

Does it matter?

Arsenal could have subbed me on for Rayes, at halftime, and they still would have won 0-3.

 

[beorhthelm]

i'm confused why this is up for debate. we'd be screaming for a pen against us. Lamptey barely grazes the ball, and takes a whole lot of shin. sorry.

 

[US Seagull]

Was that a serious question?

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

Blatently, yes.

But whether you think it is a foul or not (it is), ultimately, it was a really stupid, naive challenge for Lamptey to make as it meant there was a strong likelihood of that happening. Poor defending.

 

[dwayne]

Stonewall

 

[Stat Brother]

Is this going to be it till the end of the season?

Kvetching about all the other reasons for not winning while the team does feck all to generate a win.

 

[tedebear]

Doesn't he (ever so slightly) touch the ball first before the leg? I thought several var calls have suggested that would therefore not be a penalty.... Ref had missed several fouls on us prior to it, so it felt like a passage of play where the ref was playing for them!

 

[birthofanorange]

Ofc it was.

 

[Sea Cider]

Some of the pro-Arsenal sentiment and/or people trying desperately to appear "unbiased" on this thread is incredible.

It has been absolutely, 100%, utterly non-negotiably the policy of the last 20 years of Premier League football refereeing that if you touch the ball first as a defender (provided your challenge is not dangerous) it is no penalty.

How anyone can argue differently is unfathomable to me.