Quote Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda View Post
They were, hence you will rarely see a keeper sent off for conceding a pen these days - the caveat being that if the defender isn't deemed to make an attempt to play the ball (ie a shirt pull or a blatant push) it can still be a red card. Think Luiz's fell into that category

(also before Berni see this, you should change rules to Laws)


DENYING A GOAL OR AN OBVIOUS GOAL-SCORING OPPORTUNITY

Where a player commits an offence against an opponent within their own penalty area which denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity and the referee awards a penalty kick, the offending player is cautioned if the offence was an attempt to play the ball; in all other circumstances (e.g. holding, pulling, pushing, no possibility to play the ball etc.) the offending player must be sent off.