[sherer]

Pearce was out side of his technical area which is the same thing so he should have been booked too

you can't just go round booking everyone who makes a foul as then no one will be left on the pitch

the refs need to think abit and say do these two things add up to a sending off in that case the answer was no so he should have stayed on.. some refs wouldn't have booked Robben for his first "foul" and others would so there is no consistency.. the ref didn't book every player for their first game even in that game.. there needs to be abit of distinction between were you trying to play the ball or were you trying to commit a foul.. the game is played by humans and we do make mistakes that needs to be taken into account

the rash of bookings that go on all the time is why everyone dives as they know it will lead to the other bloke being booked and then eventually sent off giving their team an advantage