There was more penalty controversy in the Premier League on Saturday, as Wolverhampton Wanderers got another decision wrong leaving manager Gary O’Neil frustrated.
Mike Dean has questioned a new handball directive that apparently helped Luton and hurt Wolves on Saturday.
Gary O’Neil’s side were reduced to 10 men at half-time at Kenilworth Road when Jean-Ricner Bellegarde received a straight red card.
However, they still took the lead through Pedro Neto, but Carlton Morris’s penalty in the 25th minute prevented them from claiming all three points.
There was much controversy surrounding the penalty awarded when the ball touched Joao Gomes’s raised arm.
However, the ball deflected off the Wolves midfielder’s arm after hitting his leg, and debate has raged over whether the deflection meant the penalty decision should have been overturned.
or not.
Former referee Dean weighed in on the weekend’s key refereeing decisions during an appearance on Sky Sports’ Soccer Saturday.
Referring to the deviation, he raised doubts about the call.
“I don’t think it was [a penalty],” Dean said.
“Gary [O’Neil] spoke to the fourth umpire and, from what he said, because his hand was so high it neutralized the deflection.
It hit his knee and possibly his chest ago.
I’m surprised it didn’t fall over.
“I do not understand.
If that was the case, clubs should have been informed at the start of the season and from what Gary O’Neil says they were not.
If it hit his hand directly it would have been a penalty but I don’t care what they say, I don’t think it was a penalty.
“There would have been a lot more penalties if that had been the case.
It’s not clear at the moment but that’s what the referees said.
According to the Laws of the Game, “Any contact of a player’s hand/arm with the ball does not constitute a breach”.
However, intentionally handling the ball can be penalized, as can a player enlarging his body according to the position of his hands.
“It is an offense if a player.
.touches the ball with his hand/arm while his body is unusually large,” the “Fouls and Misconduct” section of the rules reads.
“A player is considered to have abnormally enlarged his body when his hand/arm position is not a consequence of or justified by the player’s body movements in the situation.
that specific situation.
He continued: “By leaving his hand/arm in such a position, the player risks having the ball touch his hand/arm and incurring a penalty.
However, the problem was that the ball deflected from Gomes’s hand rather than hitting him directly.
“It was never a penalty,” O’Neil said after his team’s draw.
“If it was a penalty then there is something seriously wrong with the rules.
“I also read, the mitigating circumstances were that if he touched another part of his body and there was a clear change in the trajectory of the ball then it was not a penalty.
That’s it, from then on they used the excuse that his hand was unusually high, if the ball hit straight then I would understand, but the fact that it touched his legs and possibly his chest and arms is beyond discussion.
again.
“He hit his leg so there was no way to control what happened from that point on.
I honestly don’t understand, I think it was a terrible decision, I think the fact that it didn’t even make it to the screen is terrible, but I’m used to it.
This isn’t the first controversial moment to impact the Wolves this season.
They were denied a late penalty against Manchester United in their first game of the season when opposition goalkeeper Andre Onana crashed into Sasa Kalajdzic, and the United player admitted he was lucky to avoid the kick into the foot.
O’Neil added: “We’ve had some difficult times this season, so I’m disappointed with the officiating, but it’s not my job and I hope someone else can fix it.
“ It”.
“I stood there and tried to be civil to the officers and have a reasonable conversation, and while the scrutiny was going on, you hope they would come to a reasonable conclusion.
“It goes against everything you think and everything you’ve been sent in terms of rules.
From there it’s hard to stay calm, but focus on the boys because this could be an important point for them me, ten men in a long time.
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