Thats harsh, very harsh, i can see why he saw what he thought he saw but where else is the defender supposed to be or do with his arms!!!
Brian???? Calmed down yet???
They should stick to clocks and chocolate..
If the referee saw the ball hit the player's arm and the referee thought the player lifted his arm as he turned to block the shot
I have two problems with this hypothesis - firstly the player didn't "make himself bigger" or lift his arm, his arm (or at least the upper part of it which was closest to where the ball hit him) was against his body. Also, from the angle he had, the referee couldn't have clearly seen it. As the replays they showed on the ITV highlights programme amply demonstrated, he was on the opposite side of the player from where the ball struck and given the angle of the player's body and the referee's angle of view, he couldn't have seen the point of contact (not without having x-ray vision) as the player's body was in the way. So from what I can tell, he's basically taken a guess, which is something I don't think you should ever do on a penalty decision, let alone one in a World Cup qualifying play-off.looks to me like the ref saw the guy "do a John Terry", make himself bigger and in doing so, used arm to block the ball.
Why can you understand it? It was a guess. A very bad guess!The ref as we know gets one go. Real time, no replays. All am saying is I can understand the decision.
Steady on Miley, agreeing with me is bad for your street cred! What’s up with a bit of angstThe ref as we know gets one go. Real time, no replays. All am saying is I can understand the decision.