Fitchett
Full Member
But it is a foul! A competent referee would have awarded a penalty and issued a red card if the ball was on the ground and Cahill's leg ploughed into Mason after he had played the ball. The fact that Cahill has mistimed his challenge and headbutted Mason, causing him to go off injured, is far more dangerous than the ground offence which would have resulted in a red card. So, it should have been a red card for Cahill and a penalty to Hull.
Fair point mate. I wasn't watching the match, just based my comments on the clip shown by the OP. Should have been a free kick to Hull and a red card to Cahill. I stand firmly by my other points though.That would have actually been very incompetent, as it was the box Hull were defending