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Originally Posted by Addick
Who initiated the contact makes a great difference, if a defender is believed to be engaging in unnecessary jostling then it makes sense for the ref to rule the defender out of the play. The fact of the matter is that Evans needlessly took himself out of the play.
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How so? By being distracted? See where I'm going here?
If a "defender is believed to be engaging in unnecessary jostling"
with a player in an offside position he clearly is being distracted by that player. Otherwise he wouldn't be jostling with him.
I repeat .... for the last time. The moment Cisse makes contact with Evans or Evans makes contact with Cisse, Cisse is by default involved in play from an offside position.
Cisse whilst in an offside position IS NOT allowed to be involved with play. He clearly is regardless of who "started it".