El Pac Carnegie wrote:
Bit harsh on the ref that. Penalties seem to be given for any contact on the hand these days. It was massively accidental and shouldn't by definition be handball but penalties these days are given for any clear hand contact.
I completely disagree, firstly it's not harsh. It is typical Walton, he's a very poor referee and with any nouse about him he would've have clearly seen it was accidental and not a penalty.
Secondly, handball is the one thing penalties are hardly given for these days. The rule has become so complicated ref's tend not to give it to be on the safe side. Take Alex last night, blocked a cross with his hand, his arm was up in the air and probably should've been given as him hand was in an un natural position but it wasn't. You'll see more penalty shouts turned away for handball than given.
