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Do you mean retrospective, as the ref gives the penalty and books Biglia for dissent.

If yes, that is a start but still not enough as the offending player gets off with a 2 match ban whilst the opposition team could suffer far greater consequences as a result of the decision (cf. Swansea v United).

TV replays are the only way forward.
Yep. He was given the penalty at the time, which a teammate converted.
He's been handed a two-match retrospective ban today.
 
Yep. He was given the penalty at the time, which a teammate converted.
He's been handed a two-match retrospective ban today.

That's amazing stuff, and insert applaud icon which I don't know how to do. Of course the FA don't have the balls to do it here. I would even go further and give the team that benefited a retrospective points deduction. I'm not saying award the points to the other team, just that the cheating team should get some kind of punishment too, because it could still be borderline worth it if you win an important match through cheating, even if the guy later gets banned.
 
As for United and City, they can go **** themselves. Would like nothing more than for both of them to miss out on the top 4. Yes, I know that means Arsenal will have to take City's place, but so be it.

Completely agree. I don't hate Arsenal for the sake of it any more. If they get a CL spot at the expense of the Manchesters I'd be very happy. Even happier if Chelski don't get one too! I vote for say, us Bournemouth, Hull and Brighton instead.
 
With his hat trick against Atletico, the Oily Rat took his Champions league goal tally to 102 - which is two more than Atletico have managed as a club

...although if you take off the goals that were clearly offside or penalties won for the most blatant of dives, he's be somewhere in the mid-60s.