It 100% hit his arm. The only debate is whether his arm was in an unnatural position, or whether he was entitled to have it there as it would have supported him as he fell to the floor.Is this the soucek “save”?
Hits his knee for me…. *no connection to either club fwiw
Sorry can’t see it. Still seeing it as his knee, the ball goes in the direction that you would expect with the angle his knee slid in from. It bounces upIt 100% hit his arm. The only debate is whether his arm was in an unnatural position, or whether he was entitled to have it there as it would have supported him as he fell to the floor.
“No, it wasn’t [a penalty] because I just fell on the floor and I know the rules that if I am on the floor and I touch the floor with my hand, even if the ball touches it, it is not handball, so I was quite clear that it’s not, but you never know what can show. [But] by the rules I was quite sure it would not be a penalty.”
-Tomáš Souček; source: West Ham United FC