[St Charles Owl]

Whilst I would applaud the action of Bielsa, I don’t particularly agree with the sentiments on the site. I think this is such a grey area - when should you kick it out/ when you shouldn’t, what constitutes a serious injury/ what doesn’t, was it a reckless challenge/ was the injured player just unlucky, that I would like to revert to the referee being the sole arbiter of this particular issue. I just reckon it cuts out all this controversy and, more importantly, inconsistency. I’m all for the game being played in a sporting manner but I believe this is a mine field, so leave it to the ref.

I agree with what you say but in this case if you watch the build up, the guy with the ball on the left wing definitely feigned to put the ball out of play before just passing it down the line to Klich, leaving the Villa defenders flat footed. Sure you play to the whistle, but you also play to your opponents apparent intentions in this scenario.