Lee Dixon said it wasn't. I am not sure what makes De Zerbi infallible on the subject. In fact his opinion in an interview after a game is always going to be highly biased given he can be fined for stepping out of line and criticizing decisions.
If you say so.
Why do you think managers make bland statements like "I have not seen it back yet" and "I can't comment from where I was standing" or "I can't comment on that". Come on you know they can't say certain things. There are also numerous examples of managers being fined for criticism of decisions.
I’m not sure you’re aware of De Zerbi’s back catalogue
When did malice become a requirement in the laws ?
But on the Doku pen the actual VAR ref (not a pundit) clearly says "he definitely touched the ball" when justifying why it wasn't a foul. He presumably knows the rules. And that was a highly dangerous challenge. Again, I can absolutely see why the pen was given yesterday but we've been told many times that a player was saved from conceding a pen as he got a touch on the ball even when taking out the player on loads of occasions this season so why not on this occasion?
…..because there are enormous inconsistencies in the standard of reffing.
There’s nothing about “malice” in the laws either.
But winning the ball has nothing to do with the laws on fouls and misconduct. It’s irrelevant.
Genuinely can’t believe you think he won the ball? He was heading off at a rate of knots into the Arsenal fan stand and Jesus would have been left on his own in the pen area with the ball, but for the fact his legs were chopped.
No you don’t get fined for saying you don’t think it’s a penalty.
Calling @Dr. No
Haven't you spent much of the last 2 weeks crying about Di Zerbi's opinion in pre and post match interviews?
There is not, but some who think its a penalty are saying its down to the ref to decide. Subjective judgement = is it to favour big club then yes use it and give a penalty. Sometimes when you make a tackle like that its impossible to not touch the player, if you touch the ball first.
Was in the 70s/80s.
Have to agree….But winning the ball has nothing to do with the laws on fouls and misconduct. It’s irrelevant.
That aside, what exactly do you mean by winning the ball though? Lamptey got the absolute faintest of touches, that wasn’t “winning” anything.
It’s obviously up to the ref to apply the rules and make calls on the subjective elements.
Jesus ran into Lamptey, not the other way round.
I believe he won the ball, because he touched it first. That is evident, the intention was the win the ball and he did win the ball. I think it’s incredibly harsh, RDZ doesn’t seem to care anymore.
