Quote Originally Posted by redgunamo View Post
I would want my player to score the goal and knock the defender out, if necessary, and then let the officials disallow it, if they dare. It's certainly worth a try, if you're playing at home.

There's the thing; they have simply been much more cynical than us for years, basically since Abramovich arrived there.
It's definitely something Alonso does, he tried to do Gabriel as well later in the game with exactly the same jump and got away with that one as well