Hmm, Villa have lost to Brighton, my false hope meter has been topped up a bit... let's see what it's like after the Liverpool match 
FT edit: and the meter goes back down!
I do wanna know though, what constitutes a "bad" follow-through and what constitutes a "good" follow-through.
In the Chelsea match at WHL earlier in the season, Romero wins the ball but his foot carried on afterwards and hit the Chelsea player's leg, he was sent off and Chelsea given a penalty, explanation: "He may have won the ball, but he caught him with the follow-through so its a foul".
Today the Liverpool player wins the ball, but his foot carried on afterwards and hit Johnson in the face. No foul, no penalty, explanation: "He may have caught him with the follow-through, but he won the ball first so it isn't a foul."
Even if you ignore everything else, a boot being that high alone is given as a foul virtually everywhere else on the pitch.
Liverpool were by far the better team and I think us getting the two goals was at least somewhat down to them turning off because they were 4-0 up, as much as us playing better (although I'll say Richy, Skipp and Lo Celso did play really well when they came on, I'd like to see Richy and Lo Celso start the next match), but a penalty to make it 4-3 could have made the last few minutes a bit more interesting.

FT edit: and the meter goes back down!
I do wanna know though, what constitutes a "bad" follow-through and what constitutes a "good" follow-through.
In the Chelsea match at WHL earlier in the season, Romero wins the ball but his foot carried on afterwards and hit the Chelsea player's leg, he was sent off and Chelsea given a penalty, explanation: "He may have won the ball, but he caught him with the follow-through so its a foul".
Today the Liverpool player wins the ball, but his foot carried on afterwards and hit Johnson in the face. No foul, no penalty, explanation: "He may have caught him with the follow-through, but he won the ball first so it isn't a foul."
Even if you ignore everything else, a boot being that high alone is given as a foul virtually everywhere else on the pitch.
Liverpool were by far the better team and I think us getting the two goals was at least somewhat down to them turning off because they were 4-0 up, as much as us playing better (although I'll say Richy, Skipp and Lo Celso did play really well when they came on, I'd like to see Richy and Lo Celso start the next match), but a penalty to make it 4-3 could have made the last few minutes a bit more interesting.
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