brother of destruction Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:07 am
Ok, maybe that case in particular was a bad example, but I remember a similar incident at St James's a couple of years ago when Arsenal were visiting. Arsenal had a free kick around the halfway line, Laurent Robert stood over the ball immediately after the foul to stop the kick being taken (which personally I really don't like about the game, regardless of who's involved), Bergkamp takes the free kick, but kicks it against Robert. Ref books Robert for it, which happens to be his 2nd yellow.
I didn't like the fact that Robert (or anyone else) stands over the ball, but Bergkamp deliberately played it against him.