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I find the abhorration at the Sterling penalty a bit odd.
I was of the impression, from watching football, that going down to appeal being impeded is not really diving anymore. The years of slo-mo analysis showing grazing sock to sock contact before a player somersaults being the norm, and the now obvious fact that refs gives nothing unless a player goes down.
Yes it's soft and yes you'd "hate to have it given against you", but everyone has had it given against them, countless times. Maehle put his foot across Sterling's path and Sterling made the most of it. That's pretty much most penalty decisions. If we would like to change that then terrific, otherwise it's just my-team-nicer-than-your-team banality.