spurspinter1
Steve Carr
What rule did he break? There is no rule that says touching someone on the shoulder is a foul. Allen dived, plain and simple. It was never a penalty.
My understand of it is that unless it's shoulder to shoulder you can't really make contact unless you get the ball. He pulled him back, once the contact (however minimal) was made Allen knew he'd get the penalty. It depends on your definition of the word dive (not to bring up endless Bale debate), and it sucks that that's the way it is but it was bad positioning in the first place but in no way am I having a go at him.