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@Aroogah
I'm no Arsenal fan but there was a huge whiff of bullshit over that entire incident.
Did he go down? Yes.
Was he touched? Yes.
Does worse happen week in, week out in all leagues? Yes.
Has UEFA done anything systematically to reduce diving in the game? No.
Did UEFA throw the entire rulebook and process out the window in order to ban him? Yes. Was it fair? No.
UEFA rightly came to their senses and realised that they set a really stupid, vague and ultimately dangerous precedent that would come back and bite them in the butt some day.