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I think it was McCoist who said it after it happened but it's so true how much leeway, for lack of a better word, keepers get in their boxes. Robertson was going straight up and just got smashed thus resulting in this injury and it's deemed fair far more times than it is not.
Keepers are vulnerable so I get them being protected but they take it too far sometimes they get fouls for nothing and they’re allowed to do whatever at times
There was outrage when the San Marino player kneed Hojlund in the back, but the Spain keeper does the same thing to Robertson and it's absolutely fine because it was the keeper.
Easier to be mad at a plumber or a banker than at Unai Simón...
You can't really compare goalkeepers with outfield players.
Goalkeepers have a much higher reach than any outfield player, but in exchange they can't use their arms to balance their body or protect it. That makes keepers a lot more vulnerable in the air than outfield players. Their height will often cause situations where there's a high risk of the opposing player tipping the keeper over by cutting underneath him.
For me it's quite simple. If the GK had hit Robertson with his knee, it would've been a foul. In reality Robertson was hit sideways. The injury is also completely irrelevant to how the GK played.