Kompany did win the ball, but it's detriment to where the games gone and the influence the European game has had on our game.
Two feet off the ground in the eyes of the law is a straight red. We can argue all day long what a joke of a decision it was, that Nani didn't go to ground, but he lifted (stupidly) his other foot off the pitch. We can't appeal it purely because techinically it was right, regardless of the fact that he didn't take the player. In the eyes of the ref the intent was there.
Welcome to modern football.
Two feet off the ground in the eyes of the law is a straight red. We can argue all day long what a joke of a decision it was, that Nani didn't go to ground, but he lifted (stupidly) his other foot off the pitch. We can't appeal it purely because techinically it was right, regardless of the fact that he didn't take the player. In the eyes of the ref the intent was there.
Welcome to modern football.