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Originally Posted by mlyons
And yet, I still haven't seen anyone who isn't English (apart from the odd foreign Man U fan) complain about either of Rafael's cards. There might be valid complaints that the referee didn't give out more cards than he did, but you will always get a card (occasionally a red one) for kicking another player away from the ball, and you will always get a card for pulling an attacker's jersey after he gets past you. It's that simple.
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Then by your reasoning a yellow card should be given at nearly every corner kick seeing that a vast majority of corner kicks end up in free kicks being given for shirt pulling.