High boot!

[scouseclaret]

Derby's goal just came from an INDIRECT free kick awarded for a high challenge.

Why, then, were Arsenal awarded a penalty when Ben Mee committed the same offence????

[ClaretAndJew]

Probably cause it was a foul in the box

[LICHCLARET54]

Ref got it right tonight. Ref got it wrong against Arsenal. Doesn't matter if it's in the box or not, it's an indirect free kick, always has been!

[scouseclaret]

If the offence is punishable with an indirect free kick then there is nothing in the rules to prevent an indirect free kick being given inside the box.

[Acting Claret]

You get a penalty if you're fouled in the box whilst being offside.

[scouseclaret]

Only if you're Aresnal!

[dsr]

A high boot that doesn't make contact is dangerous play, indirect free kick. A high boot that does make contact is kicking, direct free kick.

[scouseclaret]

If the ref thought Mee kicked koscelny in the head he should have sent him off.

[dsr]

If the ref thought Mee kicked koscelny in the head he should have sent him off.

Only if he thought it was deliberate. If he thought it was a genuine attempt to get the ball, and wasn't one of those two footed (which it couldn't be, unless you're Jackie Chan!) or out of control tackles, then it's just a foul.

[claretblue]

'...and wasn't one of those two footed (which it couldn't be, unless you're Jackie Chan!)...'

...or Jackie Charlton!