Pogbad DID kick the defender, and he DID kick his own leg, and he DID dive... BUT, the defender had his hand on his shoulder and when you have pundits (ex players) spewing the narrative 'if he feels contact he's entitled to go down' one game and 'he went down too easy there' in the next game you just know something is very wrong.
BT regularly wheel out Peter Walton to 'explain' why it was or wasn't a penalty, and he just makes sh*t up which generally covers for the on field referee/VAR decision. The corruption is being covered up at the highest levels.