Yeah it just discouraged players from attempting tackles... if there's clearly no attempt though it should be red still.
For the challenge in question, no. It was a genuine but poor attempt for the ball that denied a goal scoring opportunity. Either freekick and red card or penalty annd yellow card (should have been the former)
there was zero attempt to play st the ball. if one of ours did that at 0-2 and got the red it deserved i would be raging
Gotta love it Joey Barton the toffee on Vvd Had a poor start at Liverpool Lmao Scoring the winner Kop end Vs toffees Research