I’m all for consistency. Otamendi was given a penalty

I’m all for consistency. Otamendi was given a penalty
by tex29 (2019-04-18 10:55:58)
Edited on 2019-04-18 11:57:49

In reply to: Understand what you're asking here... posted by NDMike2001

for a ball that hit his arm that he was placing behind his back in an earlier tie. To me, Llorente led with his arm and contacted the ball, which allowed it to go off his hip and into the goal. It is a close call under the current rules. I agree that bright lines might be better. But to me, the only feasible bright-line rule is to say that if it hits your arm and goes in, it doesn’t count.

As to whether this affects the league race, I don’t think it will be dispositive. Spurs showed it can hang with City. Anything can happen against United (as demonstrated in last year’s derby). And City are perfectly capable of bottling a tie against Leicester (as they proved earlier this year). I’d still say City’s odds are at 50/50.