Quote Originally Posted by Alberto Balsam Rodriguez View Post
Is that an excuse or a reason?
I don’t need to make excuses as I was not at fault nor am I in any way responsible for his actions.

It is the only course of action which I can think of in the circumstances, an attempt to block off an imminent strike on goal. An ill-conceived one as it goes.


Holding has in my view been very impressive in recent weeks. Surely he is more intelligent than to slide in at that speed from that distance as 99% of players will go down in that instance. I don’t really even blame the ref here.