On a general level, why are the rules for Sterling/attackers different from defenders in this scenario?

If a defender clipped a striker and the penalty wasn't given, would you expect the defender to tell the ref that it was actually a penalty?

As mentioned in this thread, the officials behind the goal are absolutely useless - they've been around for years and I've literally seen a couple of decisions made solely on their say-so.

This post has been merged from a topic called 'Hazard diving' by bexleydave

How come the same furore surrounding apparent diving by Mr Hazard at the weekend hasn't been afforded to him like it does to our Wilf?
His was a blatant dive, something Maddison in the Leicester game was man enough to admit and apologise for.

Maddison is naive and will get bollocked by the senior players

* having now read what Maddison said, he framed it as " I anticipated contact " so he is basically saying he was unlucky as the contact didn't come not " I am a cheat who tried to deceive the referee".

He says he will " learn from the mistake " which I guess means he will improve his diving skills

Edited by HKOwen (29 Nov 2018 12.24am)

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.