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Originally Posted by Damien
It was a penalty and so it then had to be a red card. However the rule is harsh. Both players went for the ball, there was no intent to foul, and the keeper tried to pull out of the challenge when the ball went out of reach. It is harsh to reduce a team to 10 men for that. It's not even as if the chance was that clear. I was behind the goal and thought Robben had already taken a shot.
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Watching the many replays it looked to me as though Robben would have got to the ball after nudging it past the keeper if he hadn't been clipped, the through ball was class though.