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Originally Posted by sherer
the thing is the defender didn't make any contact with the attacker at all. The contact was from the attacker to the defender which is different. At best that would be obstruction, which I believe inside the box would still be a indirect free kick and not a penalty.
It is this sort of decision that leads to all the cheating going on instead of just getting on with playing football.
A generation of people is growing up listening to ex pros saying this and that are fouls and penalties when they know full well the players are cheating, exaggerating contact, or just falling over a defender.
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I suggest you go look at a GCSE science book, specifically the section on momentum.
There is no way Agbonlahor could have avoided being taken out by Samba. He does not have eyes in the back of his head, the first he'll have known about it is is when Samba's foot was wrapped round his leg. He had no need to go down, he was through on goal, one on one with the keeper. He was either scoring or being taken out, Samba took him out.
It was a stone wall penalty, and obvious red card. You'll never get a more clear cut decision.