Every time a player makes a movement and puts a leg out (intentional or not) they're ahead of the attacker but it's still a pen if it impedes.
Your logic only makes sense if you think DCL could have got to that ball unimpeded but instead decided to run into TAA? Don't see it personally
Of course he could have, watch it from
The other angles he’s already stumbling and tries to vault TAA, if he wasn’t already off balance he wouldn’t have ran into him.
Dude. You’re having an absolute shocker on this one. It’s absolutely nothing like running into someone standing still and falling over. Football is a game that is played standing up. If you go to ground you’d better win the ball or there’s a good chance you’ll give a foul away. Sliding into the path of another player who is trying to get to the ball - and not playing the ball yourself - is one of the most obvious fouls you’ll ever see.
Sliding is in the rules otherwise it wouldn’t be allowed.
He doesn’t slide into his path, if he did id understand it being a foul.
the ball ends up dropping behind him, he is perfectly legally allowed to be on the floor.
the striker starts to run for the spilt ball but for some reasons starts stumbling, instead of running around TAA he then tries to jump over, but because he’s imbalanced he doesn’t make it over him and hits into him instead.
there is nothing in the rules that says a defender has to move out of the way, you’re allowed to stand your ground and if somebody runs into you that’s no foul.
IF TAA deviates his path or sticks his leg out of an arm to trip/stop him getting the ball then yes it’s a foul, but he doesn’t.
DCL CREATES the contact by running into him, not the other way around.
that’s the last thing I’m saying on the situation.