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Originally Posted by iadom
Good game at OT today, hanging on a bit at the end . Can't understand why Rooney got a straight red though. His tackle was a cynical 'professional'foul which TBH I would always like to see punished with a straight red but what is the criteria if there is one. It was the first foul that he had committed, it wasn't two footed or in any way dangerous, he was deep in his own half so not denying a goal scoring opportunity. Only ten, fifteen minutes later a Hammers player committed an absolutely identical foul and only got a yellow.  Makes me think that if it had been anyone but Rooney the ref wouldn't have been as quick to show the red, he fired it up in an instant without thinking about it for a second.  |
The two challenges were very different, Rooney kicked Downing up by his knee and was clearly a proffesional foul whereas the West Ham player accidently caught Rafael. It was a deserved red card but you see a lot of similar offences given yellow cards every week, again its inconsistencies with referees.