Re the penalty. That’s given as a free kick 10-15 times a game against a winger trying to block a full back playing down the line - and that’s just literally attempting a block coming in from the side where the full back’s follow through initiates the contact.
This was a defender coming front on, studs up, forward momentum. A foul all day long. A defender’s cheap shot. Similar to a player going through 1-1 with the keeper and after putting it high/wide, a late slide comes in cleaning him out. They’ve been getting away with it for years. Hopefully more are given for similar.
It also shows the futility of VAR. Half of us think it’s a stonewall pen, the other half think it’s nowhere near a foul. It’s just opinions, and we’re substituting one for another. Absolute waste of time.