Friday January 13, 2012 at 2:18pm
“Any player who lunges at an opponent in challenging for the ball from the front, from the side or from behind using one or both legs, with excessive force and endangering the safety of an opponent is guilty of serious foul play.” So it says in the official FIFA laws. So on that basis alone, how on earth can there be any debate as to whether Vincent Kompany should be sent off in the game against Man Utd last week? And yet debate there was. From all the pundits demanding “common....