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Originally Posted by Slava
It was close because the ref obviously thought it was a handball
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He never saw the contact. If by thought you meant guessed, then agreed.
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Mark Clattenburg is the best referee in the Premier League but I'm afraid he broke the golden rule of officiating when he gave Tottenham Hotspur a penalty.The golden rule is that if something happens and you don't see it, that's life.
But you cannot, MUST not, give something that you thought had happened.
Watching live as Danny Rose's cross hit Raheem Sterling, it just looked wrong.
And replays proved that the ball simply struck Sterling on the back.
The only conclusion can be that Clattenburg guessed it had hit Sterling on the arm.
Any argument of whether it was inside the box was irrelevant.
It just wasn't handball and Clattenburg was wrong.
Even if the ball had hit Sterling's arm, it shouldn't have been a penalty because he had turned his head and wasn't looking at the ball, therefore it can't have been deliberate.
Tottenham might win the League as a result of the referee's mistake
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...m-guessed.html
Look. Congrats on a big win but neutrals see it that you benefited from a arbitrary, very fortuitous call that wasn't even close based on nothing more than a guess. That's all. And I apologize for making people listen to Carragher's voice..