MK7Z
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Because earlier in the game another player was given the benefit of doubt. His would have been a yellow and less impactful on the game if given yet the ref decided to implement the rule on a player who was already on a yellow.Why did Rice need to be given benefit of the doubt? By the current laws of the game its a yellow card.
If you look at rice actions he look towards the ball then flicks it away, it's naivety and stupidity. Let's not play the victim here.
Trossard 1st yellow, was a foul all day long. So again let's not start this victim mentality. It's Trossard stupidity that he got booked on that incident.
Similar to Trossard when a Man City did it earlier in the game.
Rules are rules yes - As you say letter of the law etc but the issue is more with the refs actions for one incident and the lack of for the other. Rice was a victim on inconsistency so victim mentality on this occasion is justified in my opinion whether rice was stupid or whatever.
I mean since then its not as though we have been amazing but looking at those incidents in isolation - they were odd but not the reason for why we are in the situation we are in as we have had time to recover from those in other games.
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