I was sure it was a pen at the time and Shearer simply confirmed it. You can't get the ball lunging from that angle without taking the man too.
I still think the 2nd yellow for koscielney is very harsh though, not because he'd already been booked (which should have no relevance on a 2nd booking anyway) but because it was nothing more than a bit clumsy, the mertesacker tackle on Benteke a few seconds later was far worse.
I can't quite take this MOTD being complimentary to us, all a bit weird. Luna's goal just get's better!
.....and just sticking with the BBC, John Hartson was full of praise for us on Five Live's commentary of the game. As an ex Arsenal man you would have thought he'd have been just a little biased, but no - it was good to hear.
I think it was more because it was late but you might be right that it was given as a tactical foul. I'd be pretty pissed off if that had been a Villa player. All that said, it was a stupid challenge for a player on a yellow card to make, Vlaar's whilst similar contact was in a very different situation and would've been extremely harsh for me.I think he was right to give the keeper yellow instead of red as well the scoring chance that would've come if he hadn't been fouled is pretty much the one we had anyway (in terms of the position to the goal), which was a very tough angle to score from., if gabby had a slightly more delicate touch he'd have gone but the ball was going quite wide.
Quote from: Duncan Shaw on August 18, 2013, 11:28:07 PMI can't quite take this MOTD being complimentary to us, all a bit weird. Luna's goal just get's better!I just watched it a couple more times.I love Lambert. I like his philosophy, I know sometimes he's gung ho about things, and he is far from faultless, but it's really hard not to like a manager who sends out a team which scores goals like that third yesterday.Luna is on the edge of our area, having blocked a shot, runs the length of the pitch and slots it home, when there are five minutes to go at the Emirates and we're winning and just need to play things safe.Look at the way Lambert punched the air after, it's his team, alright.