Well all this debate has made me go on Yootoob and have a look

After a good chuckle at Ballack set to Benny Hill, this is the TV pundits' analysis of the four

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The Malouda one was a soft pen but still a pen, but I can see why the ref gave a free kick instead and I would probably have done the same in his shoes.

The Drogba one looked like a dive to me, yes there was a tug but it made no difference to him at all, he only went down when he realised he wasn't going to get the ball

The first handball was just absolutely blatant, can't BELIEVE that wasn't given! You can almost see the defender thinking "keep your hand steady, keep it there ... oh oops it's hit my hand, what a shame"

The second handball wasn't a pen to me, though Ruud Gullit said something similar to what others have said below, ie if you spread your arms to make yourself big and it hits your arms, tough s**t. But that would have been a harsh one.

Posted By: Old Git, May 7, 10:31:50