Dermot Gallagher
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No, I think what Mike's done, he's given a foul, played on, advantage.
And what he's done then, as he's overrun the ball, he's decided to bring the play back.
He's pointed back for that.
The Chelsea player goes to kick the ball back to where it occurred.
And if you watch now, Hazard's got the ball.
Here's the foul there.
He plays on.
The ball goes three, four yards.
Hazard's moved back by Alonso Fabregas there.
He's decided then that that's within the location of the free kick and seen quite clearly say I'm happy with that and let it go.
Well, I think what he's done, he's allowed the first foul to go.
He doesn't think the second one's a foul, but because he's lost the ball, having played advantage, he's entitled to bring the ball back.
And as the ball's moved back, Mike's happy where it is because it's within a reasonable distance of where the original foul occurred.
I think that's what we see all the time.
We never see an exact blade of grass.
But at that point, he's quite happy because he can quite clearly say to Fabregas, he can play the ball, let's go.
No, I think he actually gives the foul just before the player overruns the ball.
Now, I think what happens, you see them quite clearly when the ball goes through, that the player's clipped, Hazard's clipped, and then Mike plays advantage.
You see he put his arms out to say play advantage.
And as the ball runs on, it runs on and the ball's intercepted.