Soooooooooooooooo.....'the goal' What are you thoughts?
All I have to say on the matter is that when I ref the U10 leagues I always remind the kids to "play the whistle" Gomez needs to learn this rule.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1325377/Graham-Poll-Blame-Heurelho-Gomes-Mark-Clattenburg-Nani-goal.htmlSums it up pretty well.
As for 'Arry Rednapping. I like the bloke but he made a fool of himself when he made the remark. "Well, it's an automatic yellow for a deliberate handball, eveyone knows that" REALLY ARRY? What a load of bollocks. The only reference to cards/handballs in the rule book is .... 'if a deliberate handball prevents a clear goal scoring opportunity in the penalty area it's a red card offense.'
Spurs were down 1-0 Gomez had the ball in his possesion so the ref did not make the call because that would've slowed the game down and been a disadvantage to Spurs. The 'dumb as a pile of rocks' goalie drops the ball a good 8-10 yards from the handball anyway, the ref yells at him the ball is in play, Nani comes back to the ball and has time to look at the ref for confirmation and slots the ball home. All this while the goalie stands by and looks on. He had plenty of time to get back to the ball and kick it out of bounds. (picking it up would've been an indirect free kick to UTD in the area)