Pen or not?

[Huyton Layne]

Harry Kane is heading toward the ground and clips his leg on Pickford's head imo. Thoughts?

 

[windymiller]

Ferst

 

[tommye]

Kane bought it.
Always gonna be given cos Sky6 n'that.

 

[blulouie]

Absolutely not.

But it give the ref a decision to make with Pickfords balls up.

 

[dannyboy]

It was a pen but Kane knew exactly what he was doing.

 

[gianthogweed]

He tripped over an ant and that bellend of a ref was going to give it if there was contact or not

 

[PhilM]

As I said in the match thread, it's theatrical from Kane but it is a pen. A soft one, but a pen.

 

[N0L1M1TK]

Pickford should have held his head, Kane just out acted him, it wasn't a penalty.

 

[Toff33Blues99]

Soft but yes. Give Kane nowhere to go and he doesn't need an excuse to go over

 

[BlueStevie35]

Soft as but that’s football, top strikers will always go down at the slightest contact and refs are too gutless to punish them

 

[GoldenToffee]

Kane loves to cheat a penalty but Pickford made it far too easy for him to con it. He caught him as he (Kane) was diving to the ground. Pickford didn't cause him to fall, but as contact was made, the rules are that that is a penalty. Crazy rule that the striker can initiate contact and get a penalty, but it is what it is. Obviously we can't do the same because that would take a) having strikers and b) having them near the football in the box.

 

[Lob]

It was always going to be a pen when it is Kane no matter how soft it was and proven by the fact that the VAR check was for a red card to Pickford and they didn't even look at Kane. Why would they ever doubt their blue eyed boy.

 

[KindofBlue]

Will always a pen when kane is involved cant have him embarrassed by Haaland too much.

 

[Bebeto]

Clear penalty...took him out with his head. Pickford tried to be clever but really it was too obvious. Should have move back as soon as he lost the ball, not forward. He knows it that it was a pen as per his reaction afterwards.

 

[wainy]

Was a pen. He doesn’t spill it and we aren’t talking about this.