I wondered if the other player possibly knocked his foot on accident while Torres was running, thus pushing his leg into his other one. Not a dive, just a clumsy moment.
Edit* Infact now that I'm on a better computer I am pretty sure that is what happened. He didn't dive. The defender knocked his leg into the back of his other one, incidentally of course
Yes, this wasn't really a dive, if you watch the video footage you see that Torres is clipped a little bit on his boot. Torres just makes it look like a dive because of his sudden head turn to the right
I've seen a lot of United fans saying this was pathetic too. No place for it in the game.
If you're young, skilful, fast and play for a team like Man United, why on Earth would you flop about. Watch the one where he acts like his kidneys have burst inside him
Watched that match. Didn't see any obvious dive.... Nani is theatrical no doubt but there's contact afterall. Same for Torres. I don't think he tries to make a meal out of O'shea. Ferguson probably wanna divert attentions from his inept defence that let another 2 goals lead slipped again
He did dive more than once. He didn't even know what to grab, "Oh my face.... Knee.... No my neck ahhh.... "
He left himself in places where he'd get knocked over just by running by. People have been sent off for less in the past. Players shouldn't go down unless there was enough contact to either hurt them or actually make it impossible to continue on without falling. From this video, either a.) Nani is a complete klutz, or be.) he dives as soon as he gets the chance
Over the last few years, I would say Arsenal are the biggest flops. They dismantle average and average teams but they flop when they play any of the top teams. Too much youth not enough men and they need a striker cause Robin VP gets injured every year. They should trade or let him go. RVP is the other flopper