Not a man u fan - was this on field or reviewed? Because its clear he wasn’t even looking at the player so it’s not intentional. He has possession of the ball too. Yes it’s bad but it seems harsh a straight red.

I really don’t understand the controversy in this. Yes it unfortunate and accidental, but why is that a factor? If he seriously injured the player as he could easily have done there would be no furor about this. It reminds me of Jones vs Spurs - unfortunate for the player but the correct call.

People is this thread are high. This is a clear red. straight leg into his opponents path without even looking what hes doing. If thats not reckless i dont know what is.

For me this is the same thing as a racing incident in Formula 1, there are some cases where contact that looks bad especially in slo-motion reply or a single frame will happen, it doesn’t mean that each and every single such incident must be a red card.

Intent should matter, force should matter, if the contact was avoidable should matter, if there was recklessness in the players movement should matter.

The Copenhagen players foot was not there until Rashford was half way through the motion of positioning his foot there, he didn’t step with any extra force other than just positioning his body there.

I am not saying this is not a red by whatever the rule is right now, I am saying how I personally want it to be. I don’t want to see any player off the pitch because of incidents like this.

It’s a bit similar to the remero one the other day. Rashford is clearly just focussing on the ball and the player moves into him as much as he moves into the player but it’s unfortunate timing. I can see why both are given red but they can feel harsh based on the real time speed