Well the stretch action was deliberate

It is an offence if a player:
deliberately touches the ball with their hand/arm, for example moving the hand/arm towards the ball
touches the ball with their hand/arm when it has made their body unnaturally bigger. A player is considered to have made their body unnaturally bigger when the position of their hand/arm is not a consequence of, or justifiable by, the player’s body movement for that specific situation

Maybe he was trying to block the defender but not a natural running action and ended up controlling the ball

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Posted By: SCC 28, Jun 18, 09:10:36