Country: England
Player:Saliba
The Gabriel incident was because Costa pushed Kos over. But Kos should have writhed around.The initial shoulder charge was a clear red for violent conduct. No attempt to play the ball.
I suppose it is naïve of Wilshere but you can understand his feeling of a need to defend himself after being physically attacked.
Gabriel was just stupidly letting Costa get under his skin and not leaving it. Not really the same thing to me.
Hate this stuff, but we're always the ones being punished.
Even against Stoke the BBC pundits were saying that Bellern was naive for not going down on the second Diouf lunge.
Danny Murphy said: "Again it's Diouf. He's playing in defensive areas and he doesn't half lunge in. What's the old classic we've been talking about, you have to do go down if you want a penalty? It's hard for referees to give a penalty if you're too honest."