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Clattenburg: its not a penalty for Man Utd
Let’s be clear, referee Damir Skomina applied the laws as UEFA wish them to be in awarding Manchester United their late penalty in Paris.
But PSG will be furious, and I understand why. This, for me, should not have been a penalty as Presnel Kimpembe did not deliberately handle the ball.
This would never be given as a penalty in the Premier League, but it was given in the Champions League because of UEFA’s recent instruction to referees, which came about after Manchester City conceded a similar one at Schalke last month.
They want referees to penalise handballs when the arm is out and in a non-natural position. In that respect the official has been consistent.
However, he watched a slow-motion replay of the incident, and when it comes to handball it always looks worse slowed down.
I would always want to watch a handball claim in a real-time replay. Do that here and it’s never a penalty as the player turned away and tried to withdraw his arm away from the ball.
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