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We've had a couple of these this season (Declan Rice one of them?) - the Premier League's interpretation of the encroachment rules is to apply them where encroachment leads to an advantage. In this case, Max Aarons was inside the box when the kick was taken, and he cleared the ball from the rebound - clear advantage. Had the rebound fallen to an Arsenal player who had encroached, it would have been disallowed. Had Arsenal scored the original penalty, encroachment would not have been penalised as Arsenal gained no advantage from it.
OK, thanks for the clear up. Not something I necessarily agree with though, I don’t think anyone should encroach regardless of the outcome. I, for one am personally surprised we haven’t seen more penalty retakes given how they’re checking goalies on their lines this season
Not sure I agree - if no advantage accrues, why stop the game? By the same logic you'd retake every penalty where the keeper comes off his line, whether it is scored or not.
Not necessarily. If the goalie was off his line, obviously I’d only retake it if he saved it
But it’s a different scenario if the players are encroaching. If any defender encroaches, and the goalie saves it, regardless of whether the defender has any impact after the save, I’d order a retake. Similarly, if any attacker encroaches, even if it goes straight in, I’d order a retake. Now with Arsenals penalty on Sunday, I wouldn’t have ordered a retake because both teams were guilty of encroachment. It shouldnt necessarily come down to chance (I.e where the ball lands at) to determine whether or not a penalty should be retaken