Jurgen the German
Erik Thorstvedt
It was a “dive” and no penalty. Hopefully everyone isn’t blindly following the lead of the co-commentator who said there was no contact though, as his standing leg (left) was clearly tapped. Not enough for a penalty, as I said, but it winds me up when these guys are looking at slow mo replays and fail to pick these things up. Kane felt the contact and went down softly.
Contact doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a foul. Kane is not the only one who does it for sure, but it does irritate me when people say “there’s contact so he’s entitled to go down”. Contact shouldn’t even come into it, the question should be were you fouled I.e. impeded.
Must say I’m perplexed by how upset people are at this result. I’d understand if it were at the euros, World Cup or even a qualifier. I haven’t watched a minute of any nations league game this season, that includes England. I get Southgate (or Safegate as I’ve heard people call him) is too conservative for some but I think he’s earned the right to coach the team at the World Cup. If we get knocked out before the final I think he’ll either walk away or get the chop. Who takes over from him when he goes? The only decent English coach I can think of is Potter but he’s too inexperienced.