Balotelli WON THE BALL against Song, it was his FOLLOW THROUGH that caught Song on the knee/shin.
Was there ANY intent to injure? NO! HE WON THE BALL! He put his foot up because Song SHOWED he was going to chip it over his incoming challenge and he put his foot up AND CAUGHT THE BALL FLUSH!
Ask yourself where the ball goes AFTER the challenge? It goes BEHIND SONG, BECAUSE Mario won the ball!
So, while everyone is slagging him off for a studs up leg breaker, he went for, and won, the ball, and "only" his follow through caught Song.......THAT is why Atkinson did not even give him anything,BECAUSE HE WAS WATCHING THE BALL AND THE FLIGHT OF THE BALL PROVED MARIO WON IT!!
Now, if Mario had got a yellow, I think everyone would have thought it was deserved, albeit not dirty. However, with Mario, EVERYTHING IS RATCHETED UP and the refs are just too soft and easily influenced NOT to stand up for themselves. After all, NO-ONE is going to slag them off for a card on Balotelli, are they?!! Fucking joke! Even Hughes has come out and said it!
Also, Yaya gets a Yellow for a pull back in the SECOND MINUTE, but Song decks Yaya on the break, which has the EXACT SAME EFFECT as the pulling back that Yaya got the card for and NOTHING!! Except that Yaya has to leave the field for good after 10 minutes!!
Can't make this shit up!
And don't get me started on all the fucking diving in football these days, from Mario to Sagna to that fucking offside rag Young! He should have got a yellow instead of a penalty and a red for QPR!!
UFB!!