I wondered, at the time, why we did not get a free kick when Loftus-Cheek flattened Westwood. Having watched it on screen, I am still wondering.

He broke with the ball and charged forward. Westwood sprints to catch up. L-C suddenly takes a full step away from the ball and straight into Westwood, flattening him. L-C gets back into his stride and makes the pass to Hazard.

Surely a foul. Westwood never had the ball and had not gone for it.

If it was Barnes doing this against Pedro we would be crying blue murder if a free kick was given. RLC was protecting the ball nothing more.

Pleased Westy just got up and carried on.

Never, ever a foul.

I thought it was a foul. There's shoulder to shoulder, and theres clear obstruction

CharlieinNewMexico wrote:I thought it was a foul. There's shoulder to shoulder, and theres clear obstruction

Exactly
Just a little example of "big" club bias.

Further ones were how Ash Barnes was flattened by the defenders but totally ignored by the incompetant Friend