Yellow cards for diving

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This is a stat I wasn't aware of. How can one team have half of the total bookings for diving?

Looking at the clip, there are 2 obvious dives, but I have seen similar 100 times.

Why are we getting booked and no one else is?
 
Don't look at those stats alone.

Look at the stats in conjunction with others.

3 of our bookings for dives are against Liverpool. But put that with the fact Liverpool haven't had a penalty against them in 46 league games. Are you telling me that no Liverpool defender has committed a foul in the box (intent or not) in 46 games? Not a chance.

I don't know which the other 3 incidences are for us. But most of the refs don't want to give a dive as a booking because replays that may show otherwise will bring a backlash onto them.

Also needs to be considered whether its being done at home or away. Refs more likely to give a contentious decision or one with potential backlash to the home team.
 
It’s an extraordinary stat, especially when you consider that we barely made a foray into the opposition penalty box during Benitez’s entire tenure!
 
We are just not very good at it, Salah is like Chalie Chaplin playing on a bed of fairy liquid. One small touch and he doesnt dive but puts in a virtuoso performance. Last weeks penalty decision was a bottle job though. Not only from the referee but VAR.
 
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