Quote Originally Posted by kai View Post
So why wasn't a free kick given? My point remains the same - it has to be one or the other...


...and did he have it under control? He certainly didn't have two hands on the ball when Giggs' foot connected with it - so the answer to that is no he didn't when the tackle was made.

All in all never gonna be given as stuff like that happens in split seconds in a melee in the box, so you can only ever say what the precise chain of events was with slow-mo replays but, technically, it was still a goal.
It should have been a free kick of course, which is what I said in the first place. And yes he did have the ball under control, hence why he didn't spill it when he was tackled!