Quote Originally Posted by Loramski View Post
Ndong not only went for the ball down here but he got it, his boot then went over the ball and into Hoilett's shin. Hoilett was ok to continue but Ndong was sent off & suspended for three games. He also lost his appeal a couple of days later.

Having initially seen Bennett's tackle as a mistimed slide tackle, you now accept that Bennett was making no attempt to go for the ball and that he also caught him on the shin. You still don't see it as a problem though because legs and ankles are very strong (you may want to check with Seamus Coleman and James McCarthy about this) and Bennett was only trying to trip Sane up so it's ok.

You're also using the fact that Sane was only out for 16 days as proof that it wasn't that bad a challenge, whatever that's got to do with it. The 'out for seven weeks' stuff only came out a day or two later. It may have added to the controversy but it didn't cause it, the challenge and the ref's reaction to it did that. Even before they knew whether Sane was coming out for the second half, MOTD analysed the incident at half time and Lineker, Shearer, Lescott and Gabbidon all said it was a straight red. They must be clueless about the actual act of playing football too.
Well said!

The funny thing is, had the challenge been on a Cardiff player Lawnmower would be throwing a hissy fit 5 times the size of Pep Guardiola's.