Sturridge penalty shout - Liverpool vs Newcastle

[SM]

as is well known, I support Liverpool. Just get that out the way nice and early!

The Sturridge penalty shout, mid second half of this game. Tiote sticks out a leg which Daniel promptly falls over. When I first saw it it looked like a penalty. When I saw it again my ref head kicked in and I thought perhaps not would be a soft penalty, but anywhere else on the pitch, that's a freekick.

Why is there still a difference between a freekick outside the box and what would be called a soft penalty if the exact same thing is given in the box?

 

[Tealeaf]

In all neutrality it looked like a tumble. Playing for it. Get up ya' Jessie

 

[santa sangria]

Well, I haven't seen, and I'm a scouser born and bred (500 miles away from Toxteth) so definitely a nailed on penno for me there Macca.

PS Terry McDermott is and always will be god. After god, Macca. After Macca, Rafa. Definitely a pen.

 

[SM]

Yeah, it probably wasn't.

 

[Matthew]

First viewing I thought it was a pen, but having seen the replay it just didn't look right. Saw the potential contact coming and threw himself to the floor!

 

[Martiju]

I'm a Liverpool fan too, but at first viewing I thought it was never a pen. On the replays it looked more like there was a case to me but yeah, went down way too easily...

 

[PinnerPaul]

as is well known, I support Liverpool. Just get that out the way nice and early!

The Sturridge penalty shout, mid second half of this game. Tiote sticks out a leg which Daniel promptly falls over. When I first saw it it looked like a penalty. When I saw it again my ref head kicked in and I thought perhaps not would be a soft penalty, but anywhere else on the pitch, that's a freekick.

Why is there still a difference between a freekick outside the box and what would be called a soft penalty if the exact same thing is given in the box?

Because us referees are, despite popular opinion, human!

Hence we take the consequences of our actions into consideration.

You get a foul call wrong in the middle of the pitch, its unlikely to be a game changer, get it wrong in the PA and it very likely will be.

Unrelated analogy alert - If you're driving past a school at 3.30pm , you're much more likely to keep to the speed limit than you are on a deserted road - its human nature.