That elbow by Kane was a clear red. He looked behind him and directly and intentionally elbowed Gabriel in the throat. Kane should absolutely have seen red for that.
He looked back before the contact.
Amazing how for Arsenal fans all over the internet, nothing went for them yesterday, all the questionable calls went against them. Except the ones that didn't.
...but I don't think it was an intentional elbow to the throat. Borderline red/yellow. No problem with it. Although I do like to see Harry Kane sent off.
But Kane is flat out dirty. No player has ever taken jumping players legs out from under them more than he has. And he's incredibly intelligent with his positioning. He absolutely knew where Gabriel was and threw that elbow knowing where it would hit him.
Kane gets fouled a lot when he's trying to hold up play, so it's not surprising to seem him get physical in response.
Curious as to your opinion. Even as a former keeper, I don't think that a nick on the ball should negate a crushing foul. Jesus would have still had the ball on his feet in the box even after the slight touch by the defender.
100% penalty to me.
But I know I'm biased.
Without context, I will say this: the PL tends to put a bit too much emphasis on 'got the ball'. Is it a consideration? Yes, and a significant one. But if the action is careless, reckless or endangering the safety of the opponent, it's still a foul.
It's here. Half of the commentary I've seen has been that it shouldn't have been given because Lamptey touched the ball.
My god, that's an obvious penalty. That's the textbook definition of 'got the ball, but was also incredibly stupid'.
Kids mistake? That’s horrible.
I can say pretty confidently we’ve all waved those off from time to time.
That said…it puts the referee in a shitty position. Doesn’t align with the spirit of the game, but is technically a handball. It's also a Champions League knockout, not a beer league match. Not an easy answer to this one.
I think it would have been incredibly harsh to penalize that and, as you note, against the spirit of the laws. What advantage did Arsenal gain by Gabriel handling the ball?
The whistle is the whistle - the start of it indicates that play may start. The play had clearly restarted here. Letter of the law, it IS a penalty.
If Kane or another Bayern player had immediately gone into the penalty area and pressured before it was picked back up, the referee would have likely had a much, much more difficult decision to make. Because it goes from trifling/common sense no foul to mattering
No advantage. I guess, but that’s some Sunday league shit and not CL quality.
I think Neuer probably still would’ve clipped him even if he hadn’t brought his leg forward.
As it happened, though, the ref got it right, and it wasn’t an easy one. I was screaming for a penalty on live action.
He may have well have been hopping along on that right leg he was hanging it out there so much.