If Raya himself was pushing and fouling the precedents all season have been to call it quits and play on.Before Raya was fouled, three Westham players were fouled, penalty.
This reads like - "A foul is only a foul when having a direct impact on the game".Definite foul on raya for me, said it as soon as I saw the replay. Need to look at the impact all the alleged fouls would have had. Raya isn't impeded - he catches the ball and rice's foul has no impact. Similarly the other grappling for me doesn't affect any of the players ability to play the balled based on what has/hasn't been given this season
the Forrest one v Chelsea had no impact. he was not getting to it. cross was over hit.This reads like - "A foul is only a foul when having a direct impact on the game".
This could be the latest in a long list of crazy and poorly worded amendments by IFAB. Perhaps it could be a directive for next season. (rice's foul has no impact).
Certainly would save us all a a lot of time arguing about and discussing such incidents.![]()