Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate was fortunate to avoid a red card during Merseyside derby against Everton; Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez was lucky not to concede a penalty while Dermot Gallagher also reflects on three handball decisions
That keeper thing, it’s not that it’s not a foul, it’s that they have never been given and keepers have been doing that for years.
Then you get an outcry over one first weekend of the season, then I think one actually got given the next week, and now we are back to not giving them.
What that shows to me is that prem refs are reacting to what they see in the media, and that’s not a good thing.
As for whether it’s a pen, it is or it isn’t, but decide which it is and stick to it. I don’t care if every instance is a pen or if keepers get away with it, as long as it’s the same for every team every week.
That keeper thing, it’s not that it’s not a foul, it’s that they have never been given and keepers have been doing that for years.
Then you get an outcry over one first weekend of the season, then I think one actually got given the next week, and now we are back to not giving them.
What that shows to me is that prem refs are reacting to what they see in the media, and that’s not a good thing.
As for whether it’s a pen, it is or it isn’t, but decide which it is and stick to it. I don’t care if every instance is a pen or if keepers get away with it, as long as it’s the same for every team every week.