"Starting at Old Trafford, the yellow card for Patrick Dorgu after fouling Yankuba Minteh, when the Brighton man looked as if he was through on goal, frustrated a lot of people. Everybody screams: Last man, you've got to go which is absolutely false. Just because you're the last defender it doesn't mean you have to be sent off. In this kind of incident, the referee awards a foul and then has to consider the criteria of what fits the denial of an obvious goalscoring opportunity."
"There are four factors, and they are really important: the distance from goal, whether the attacking player is in possession of the ball, their direction of travel and the number of covering defenders. The key detail here is that the likelihood of Minteh getting possession is very slim. The ball is rolling through to the goalkeeper, Senne Lammens, who would be able to pick it up."
Referees assess fouls and potential denial of an obvious goalscoring opportunity using four factors: distance to goal, whether the attacker has possession, direction of travel, and number of covering defenders. Patrick Dorgu received a yellow because the ball was rolling to goalkeeper Senne Lammens and Minteh was unlikely to regain possession, so the decision relied on those criteria rather than last-man status. An earlier incident saw Luke Shaw give a brief shirt hold to Georginio Rutter; the contact was fleeting and not sustained, and Rutter's theatrical fall did not match the minimal contact, so play continued.
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