Quote Originally Posted by JumpersforGoalposts View Post
No.
The laws of the game require that the contact should be the result of a player being "...careless, reckless or using excessive force."
Given that the opponent came from behind Allen and there was minimal and unintentional contact it was not a foul within the meaning of law 12.
Even the "experts" regularly forget that football is not a "non contact" sport, hence the sometimes hysterical and irrelevant claim that there was a foul because there was contact.
Id say being caught in possession in your own penalty box and ending up kicking someone you should have been aware of was definitely careless. Therefore penalty.