rodallega highlighted the bigger problem of diving tonight and one that exists far more than those in the box. ben arfa went lunging for the ball (stayed on his feet), pulled out at the last minute but ran into rodallega...didn't touch his shin at all yet rod went down clutching his shin. sure, he went down because of the contact and the ref would probably have given it anyway but clutching the shin could easily have led to a needless yellow. nothing said by the commentators.

until all of the other issues around the pitch are sorted then picking up on the pens is only a small part.