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They were both incidents which could have gone the other way. I must admit when I saw the penalty incident the first time I wasn't sure why it was given, but from the right angle it's pretty clearly a foul. So while I wouldn't have been surprised had it not given, I think it was the right decision. I kinda feel the same about the one which wasn't given. I hate all this shit about the ball just hitting people's hands or arms and a penalty being given. People use their arms to balance, defenders shouldn't have to have their arms behind their back for fear of conceding penalties. So while you definitely see ones like that given, I don't think they should be. It seemed pretty clear ball to hand and while those are increasingly given I really don't think they should be.
yes this is pretty much where i am with it, it should clearly be 'hand to ball' in an obvious way, if it's an accident then a pel is ridiculously harsh - Gabriel's simply moving his arms quite naturally to balance as you say

and the Jesus pel was definitely correct, it's a foul in the box - end of