Yes, it is childish to act like goalkeepers not playing dead because they've been stepped on is somehow macho.
Players will go down to win fouls, which I said - They have something to gain (penalties, red cards) and little to lose and will make that choice based on whether they feel there's more to be gained. I have played football - That is why you do it. De Gea had nothing to gain and everything to lose and it went exactly how that situation should go. If play always stopped because a keeper goes down they could literally end any attack by the opposition. Think of how absolutely stupid that is.
De Gea wasn't injured. He was standing up seconds later. Here are the rules:
De Gea, by absolutely any objective measure, was not seriously injured. Whether Atkinson was correct by luck or by choice is irrelevant - the reality is he was correct. The keeper was playing dead and looking for the ref to bail him out and was absolutely fine a minute later. I guarantee you if roles were reversed and that went against United everyone here would be on a rampage.
Go outside this bubble. Go and see what other football fans/pundits are saying about this incident. I haven't seen a single non-United/De Gea fan defending that stunt. It's an embarrassment. Cultish behaviour.
Rob Green on BBC, defending DDGs actions and stating the goal should have been disallowed, you seen that?
I for one think the goal should have stood, just believe that Arsenal should have allowed us to score after.
But the simple fact is Atkinson should have blown. Every United player stated this, Arteta alluded to this also.
Again, how do you know DDG wasn't injured? He looked injured to me, and the medics.
Your reasoning is becoming contradictory, by stating that players who feign injury have little to lose and much to gain and will calculate this depending on the situation, you forget to realise that DDG was no doubt assuming that the ref would blow up if he was prone, as most of the players seemed to as well, hence much to gain.
I feel like you're stuck in the 70s with your viewpoints on football, so I bid you farewell. The games moved on and I shall do to.