Description of incident: The ball was bouncing on the edge of the Tottenham penalty area as Ngog came racing forward. He got his foot to the ball as Bassong, coming from inside the penalty area, made a challenge. Ngog came crashing down and the referee gave a penalty.
Date of Game: Wednesday 20th January 2010
Home Team:
Liverpool | Away Team:
TottenhamReferee: Howard Webb | Linesman: Peter Kirkup & Shaun Procter-Green
Decision Type: Penalty | Verdict:
| Decision Difficulty: 5/5Affect on Result: I don't believe Tottenham would have scored in the time remaining so, none | Winner: Liverpool | Loser: Tottenham
Players Involved: Sebastien Bassong (Tottenham) & David Ngog (Liverpool)
Summary: Another really tough decision. I think it's an obvious foul so there are two things that we need to take into account here. Firstly, was it inside the area? Based mainly upon Bassong's position, I believe the contact did take place inside the area. Even with a number of video replays I found it hard to know for sure - but I have only managed to find 2 different camera angles so far. Secondly, was Bassong in control of the ball? You have to say that he wasn't. The ball was almost in Gomes' hands by the time Ngog fell to the ground. I've seen them given and being honest, I've changed my verdict from right to wrong whilst writing this summary. It was such a rough challenge I think you get distracted from how hard Ngog had kicked the ball. No penalty, wrong decision by the referee.
I'm glad this game only had two controversial refereeing decisions. The toughest game to analyse yet. By a mile.
Cheers,
WB
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