It hasn't necessarily got anything to do with the ball being in play or preventing a goal.Cods wrote: ↑Sun Feb 08, 2026 6:44 pm How they have given the pen for the equaliser though, such a ridiculous ruling.
The City player had kicked the ball and it was heading out of play (and might well have been out of play) before he was even made contact with. Rolled one thousand times in the gutter, for dramatic effect....
There was nothing in Allison's challenge that prevented a goal being scored, and his challenge wasn't heavy, the rules really are an ass.
If a player slid in that late - even if the ball had gone out of play - and took out an opponent anywhere else on the pitch, it'd be a foul.
I hate it when attacking players leave a leg in and initiate the contact themselves - that's cheating. But Allison has clattered into him there and was nowhere near the ball himself. It's reckless and there shouldn't really be any debate about it being a penalty.
