bester
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Just watched it back and I might be going potty haha.
I agree it's a pen but there is an opportunity to punish the shirt holding by Sterling.
It probably fits in the bracket of allowable holding offences in the PL.
2020/21 laws, A holding offence occurs only when a player’s contact with an opponent’s body or
equipment impedes the opponent’s movement so probably not even a foul from next season which is probably in line with how the PL refs have been applying the law for a while
Why do you think Sterling is grabbing his shirt if not to impede his movement?