Quote Originally Posted by Tuerto View Post
It may be cheating to you, but not to the majority of top level professionals. Two Danish defenders put themselves in awful positions and one made an appalling attempt at some kind of half arsed challenge. He will know that his defending wasn't good enough, not by a long shot, and he'll know that if he hadn't put himself in that position then Sterling wouldn't have had the opportunity to go to ground, Tough luck.
The top level professionals are the accused and therefore maybe not the best arbiters in this case. It’s more a question of whether this ‘clever’ play is a welcome part of the game. People can make their own mind up about that and don’t need to defer to top players.