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Okay, so obviously the ref gave it and they checked with VAR so...it was a penalty and Liverpool scored it! But the rules imo could certainly have been interpreted another way.
For starters, it hits Sissoko in the chest first and then his arm, I don't believe Sissoko moved his arm towards the ball which is what would make it a penalty but is trying to move his arm away but I can see how that can be interpreted the other way. Also, the reason Sissoko's arm is out in the first place was not to make himself bigger, he was actually pointing to Trippier to warn him about the through ball and an overlap so does that make it an unnatural position or is that a normal part of the game?
I would argue through my Spurs coloured spectacles that with it coming off his chest, it not being intentional and that pointing is a natural part of the game it shouldn't have been given although I can see the argument that he has made his silhouette bigger by doing the act of warning Trippier about the possibility of a runner behind him.
Honestly, I may be clutching at straws but to give a penalty after only 20 seconds of the second biggest game in football (after the WC final) in such controversial fashion, it kinda ruined the whole event tbh
For starters, it hits Sissoko in the chest first and then his arm, I don't believe Sissoko moved his arm towards the ball which is what would make it a penalty but is trying to move his arm away but I can see how that can be interpreted the other way. Also, the reason Sissoko's arm is out in the first place was not to make himself bigger, he was actually pointing to Trippier to warn him about the through ball and an overlap so does that make it an unnatural position or is that a normal part of the game?
I would argue through my Spurs coloured spectacles that with it coming off his chest, it not being intentional and that pointing is a natural part of the game it shouldn't have been given although I can see the argument that he has made his silhouette bigger by doing the act of warning Trippier about the possibility of a runner behind him.
Honestly, I may be clutching at straws but to give a penalty after only 20 seconds of the second biggest game in football (after the WC final) in such controversial fashion, it kinda ruined the whole event tbh