That is p1ss poor
The signal was immidiately after the keeper picked it up. Have no idea what the signal could mean but it does indicate he possibly didn't actually miss the offence.I don’t think you see it from the above, but I was watching Australian (?) TV (ahem) and the ref gave a big “arm in the air” gesture after the defender played the ball.
I am going to presume that the ref thought that it was some kind of “challenge” situation, not a deliberate back pass, and so signaled - being proactive - no surprises - and that’s why the goalie picked up.
Obvs the surprise was it was obviously a back pass !
The post above yours indicates the ball deflected off the Leeds player so the correct decision was made.I don’t think you see it from the above, but I was watching Australian (?) TV (ahem) and the ref gave a big “arm in the air” gesture after the defender played the ball.
I am going to presume that the ref thought that it was some kind of “challenge” situation, not a deliberate back pass, and so signaled - being proactive - no surprises - and that’s why the goalie picked up.
Obvs the surprise was it was obviously a back pass !
No, it shouldn’t.I think this should have been penalised despite the deflection? Law 12 says:
An indirect free kick is awarded if a goalkeeper, inside their penalty area...
...touches the ball with the hand/arm, unless the goalkeeper has clearly kicked
or attempted to kick the ball to release it into play, after:
• it has been deliberately kicked to the goalkeeper by a team-mate
The ball was certainly deliberately kicked to the GK by a team-mate.
Very difficult to control a deflection off a team mate. The whole thing about a deflection is that it's not a controlled or deliberate play of the ball so you don't really know where is going to go. If you play the ball so it rebounds off a team mate it could go somewhere completely unintended, such as to an opponent.If deflection of an opponent counts how about deflection of a team mate? Can this be misused by defenders? Is a deflection defined the same as offside which is somewhat different to the English definition?
The point I made. One can argue that if IFAB wanted a deflection to reset a kick backpass they would have added 'directly' for it, just as they have for a throw in.It causes confusion that 'directly' is explicitly stated when the GK receives from a throw-in, but is not stated when it's kicked.