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108 Liverpool and Manchester City played out an absolute classic of a 1-1 draw on Sunday, but, as ever, the debate after the game has been around refereeing decisions and VAR.
Indeed, Jeremy Doku’s late follow-through on Alexis Mac Allister was a hot topic as fans on both sides were divided on whether or not it should’ve been a penalty.
Some believe it was a foul, others believe it wasn’t.
However, according to Alyson Rudd, speaking on The Game Football Podcast, the truth is somewhere in the middle.
Indeed, according to Rudd, who is a qualified referee, the correct call was actually to give an indirect free-kick in the penalty area as this should’ve been considered dangerous play rather than a foul, which, by the letter of the law, is punished by an indirect free-kick.
Rare rule should’ve been used
Rudd shared what should’ve been given here.
“I’ll tell you what it was. And nobody has said this. It was an indirect free-kick in the box. Why are they never given? I am a qualified referee and what you give in those situations where it’s dangerous play, not a dangerous foul, and it happens in the box, you give an indirect free-kick, as far as I’m aware that’s not changed,” Rudd said.
Nobody has mentioned it
Rudd is right, nobody is talking about this rule being used, and, in all honesty, most people probably don’t know about it.
Indeed, we can’t remember ever seeing this rule used to give an indirect free-kick inside the area – those are usually given after backpasses, but, if you look at the laws of the game, it is in there.
Why does a journalist seemingly know the rules better than a referee? That’s one of life’s great mysteries, but, when you check over the laws of the game, you have to conclude that Rudd is right here.
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