But what sort of situation to we have if both players attempt to chest the ball because it's at chest height? If Doku went in to that challenge like MacAllister there's actually more chance of both players getting hurt (and I mean properly hurt, not MacAllister's level of hurt).But then how is that in any way mitigation for a foul? The only way "they both come in high" can mean it might not be a foul is if both players have chosen to try and play a chest-high ball with their feet - at which point I agree, I'm not interested in picking an offender out of two players doing basically the same thing.
As soon as Doku puts his studs in an area where MacAllister can reasonably expect to be able to safely chest or even head that ball, that's what makes it careless.
Edit just to point out that I'm not trying to say MacAllister did anything wrong by going in to the tackle how he did. Just that if both players jumped towards each other trying to chest the ball then there's a fair chance of a nasty clash of heads/faces.
It is 100% still a subjective decision. Like I say, it's probably a penalty, but it's far from a howler and it's not clear and obvious. My opinion. You're entitled to yours of course.
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