Scratching my head at how Tottenham kept shooting themselves in the foot. Scratching my head at how they kept finding a goal and drew. And finally scratching my head at that decision by the ref to play but not play an advantage (only time I’ve ever sympathised with City)
Webb’s disciples if you will
Touching the ball is usually the biggest factor in a tackle being fair or foul. In this instance, he touched the ball and made little to no contact with the player. That’s just a clean tackle. Romero caught the player high on the follow-through with his other foot, if I remember correctly. Reckless and forceful is always asking for trouble. Getting a touch on the ball doesn’t give you licence to take everything anymore.
1st penalty given after that one angle conclusively shows that he touched the ball and didn’t step on or trip Cairney. Hilarious stuff
Ref must’ve known he’d stuffed it because he probably could have booked 3-4 City players for desent otherwise