Has anyone, let alone a pro athlete tripped themselves up like that by accident? I think he’s had his trailing leg tapped.
Darius Henderson.
But seriously, I am in total agreement with you. There is absolutely no way the defender intentionally completely changes the direction of his run to cut across the back of Godden without the intent to clip him & his sheepish reaction says a lot. People don't realise that when you are running at speed it only takes very small, unexpected contact to knock you off balance.
@Adge will tell you, player reactions give away a lot. Having seen how Blackburn (Van Hecke in particular) acted all afternoon, if it was a dive he would have been in both Godden & the Ref's face demanding a booking.
Godden remonstrated with the ref for a good few minutes after too, given he's the only player in the country to be banned for diving this season, why would he go down there just as he's about to roll the ball in?
It wasn't that the ref didn't think it was a foul, he'd have booked him if so, he genuinely had no idea, looked bewildered & looked to his assistant for help.
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