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If you rewind it and look at both replays in the penalty incidents you can see why one was given and one not. On both occasions, the refs position is quite poor. On the first he is a little unsighted by Fernandinho and is quite a way off play. His Linesman gives him no help and we get a rub of the green.
For the second, his position is a little better but initially is unsighted by Naismith. However play rolls forward and he then gets what seems to be a decent view. From the angle he is though, and at real time/full speed, the way Coleman and Zabs come together it seems as there might have been a tug back on Zab's right arm which causes him to give the pen. This impression is given by the way Coleman's left arm clashes with Zab's right arm.
As it transpires (can't say "as it 'appens" anymore!), yep Lukaku is a cast iron pen and Zabs isn't; yet if I was in the same place as the ref on both occasions, I'd more than likely have made the same decisions he made. On this occasion the decisions have gone for us although throughout the whole game John Moss and his team were poor for BOTH sides.
For the second, his position is a little better but initially is unsighted by Naismith. However play rolls forward and he then gets what seems to be a decent view. From the angle he is though, and at real time/full speed, the way Coleman and Zabs come together it seems as there might have been a tug back on Zab's right arm which causes him to give the pen. This impression is given by the way Coleman's left arm clashes with Zab's right arm.
As it transpires (can't say "as it 'appens" anymore!), yep Lukaku is a cast iron pen and Zabs isn't; yet if I was in the same place as the ref on both occasions, I'd more than likely have made the same decisions he made. On this occasion the decisions have gone for us although throughout the whole game John Moss and his team were poor for BOTH sides.