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It was a foul inside the box so it was a penalty. He may have tried to nick the ball, but stretching from that angle he's always going to make contact with the player, and importantly, he got no touch on the ball. . Agbonalahor had forward momentum and was setting himself to shoot so there was no way he could have avoided making contact with Samba, or stayed on his feet.

By present interpretations Samba was last man and denied a goalscoring opportunity so it had to be Red.

I think the penalty is punishment enough in situations like last night. IMHO the Red card should be retained for the truly professional type of foul.