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Originally Posted by jem
yeah. bellerin. catch lukaku. with a 10-yard head start. ok.
more likely the ref just thought "lukaku... clean through... only the keeper to beat.... not giving that as a goalscoring opportunity."
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Watch it again from the wide shot. Bellerin is behind him, but to his left, so because Lukaku is heading to the right and would need to come back left, he would need to run more distance than Bellerin, who would simply need to run straight.
A lot would depend on Lukaku's next touch aswell.
I don't think Bellerin would have caught him, but because it wasn't 'clear and obvious' (that's the law) that he couldn't, it was the right call.
Tough one though.