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Originally Posted by cam_wmh
You see the difference between Ali selling his dive, and going to ground immediately, and the hit from behind on Henderson?
Ali would've hit paydirt with that hit. Henderson though, stays up. Again, systemic to Spurs. I'm beating the horse here, but Spurs again take points, to cheating.
It's at 1:10, and you'll need to watch it soon before it's taken down.
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First of all, that's not a dive by Alli. There was contact, and he went down. Could he have worked harder to keep his feet? Probably. That's the overall scourge of the game these days though.
And again, this isn't new and isn't something specific to Spurs. Last week it was your own Smalling who dove, was carded and Newcastle scored on that free kick. Literally every team has players who do this, and there is one reason why...it works. I recognize that Alli is the focus at this point, but it's not peculiar to Spurs at all. I know you're trying to implicate that this is taught at the club, or condoned. Where was the criticism from Mourinho last week though? He didn't seem to have any issue with it at all.
And yeah, Henderson probably should've gone to ground there, and would've had a kick from the spot. I don't know what you want me to say; that's how the game is officiated at this point. You would be of the exact same opinion here if that was any United player because we all know, including the players, that if you feel contact in the box you can't keep your feet and get the call. You don't have to like that (I don't), but it doesn't mean that it doesn't happen that way.