Conceeding the penalty was fair enough but the sending off and all of its implications is absurd.
I have. At first I didn't even think he'd given a penalty.
The ball was gone by the time there was contact (Robben having already made his touch) and there was no negative impact on Bayern's ability to score caused by the collision. I think it's almost impossible to argue otherwise.
had Robben not gone down he would have comfortably reached the ball for a simple tap in.
we'd all be saying this morning that the ref got both right.As I say,I have no complaints
Although it was obvious he was in trouble.
said 'oh ****, he's off'.
thereby reducing the spectacle to an endless stream of penalties, rather than wonderful goals?
The punishment for such misdeeds must be as harsh as possible, I reckon. The rule must be, if you're beaten fair and square, just let the guy go and score his goal; he and his team have earned it.
Let's be frank: it's impossible to look at these things completely dispassionately, but it's just as possible to overcompensate with the dispassion as it is to be subject to the passion.
Equally, I'm not exactly one of life's rabid, one-eyed Arsenal fans and I reckoned it could have easily not even been given as a penalty. Other opinions are available.
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