Not solely related to this game, but it happened again in this match and it was on my mind so why not....
At the 62' mark, Saka gets fouled and is rolling around on the deck when the referee blows up. Villa's Douglas Luiz who by now has the ball then shoots downfield towards the goal and earns himself a YC for kicking the ball away, presumably for delaying the restart as if didn't look to be kicked away in anger / dissent.
So my question is this:
Much like a YC cannot be given for SPA if advantage is played and the promising attack continues... If play cannot be restarted due to an injured player being down, is a YC for 'delaying the restart' still applicable? I think I know the answer, but it's been bugging me.
Interestingly, later in the game, Saka himself kicked the ball away in anger after running it out of play and no YC was produced. Was this down to the fact that his team were losing at the time and so delaying the restart had no advantage or just a mistake from the Ref?
At the 62' mark, Saka gets fouled and is rolling around on the deck when the referee blows up. Villa's Douglas Luiz who by now has the ball then shoots downfield towards the goal and earns himself a YC for kicking the ball away, presumably for delaying the restart as if didn't look to be kicked away in anger / dissent.
So my question is this:
Much like a YC cannot be given for SPA if advantage is played and the promising attack continues... If play cannot be restarted due to an injured player being down, is a YC for 'delaying the restart' still applicable? I think I know the answer, but it's been bugging me.
Interestingly, later in the game, Saka himself kicked the ball away in anger after running it out of play and no YC was produced. Was this down to the fact that his team were losing at the time and so delaying the restart had no advantage or just a mistake from the Ref?