Remember the mistaken identity when Gibbs was sent off in Chelsea vs Arsenal for Oxlade-Chamberlain denying a goal with his hand? That shot was going about a foot wide, yet I didn't see any controversy about it being a dismissal.
What is the consensus about situations such as this? Technically Oxlade-Chamberlain did not deny a goal and did not stop a promising attack, so technically should have recieved no sanction.
If you can tell that a shot is narrowly going wide and a defender saves it with their hand, are you dismissing them, or explaining to everyone that you knew it wasn't going in anyway?
What is the consensus about situations such as this? Technically Oxlade-Chamberlain did not deny a goal and did not stop a promising attack, so technically should have recieved no sanction.
If you can tell that a shot is narrowly going wide and a defender saves it with their hand, are you dismissing them, or explaining to everyone that you knew it wasn't going in anyway?