Harry Arter's infamous 'leave it' s***housery should have been booking and foul
dailystar.co.ukBournemouth he pulled off an unprecedented piece of trickery - but the move should have actually been a booking and foul.The Nottingham Forest midfielder was playing for the Cherries against Watford in 2017 when he cleverly - or some might say, wrongly - tricked Nathaniel Chalobah into not shooting despite the player having a clear sight of goal.As a cross came in and the then-Hornets player was about to pull the trigger, theChelsea academy graduate heard the scream of Arteta, saying: ‘leave it!’READ NEXT: Erling Haaland 'bullied' Wolves defence but Man Utd fans reckon Martinez has his numberThinking it was a team-mate, Chalobah duly did so, only moments later realising that it was actually the veteran player on the opposing team who had screamed for the ball.Play went on but retired referee Dermot Gallagher has claimed in a Sky Sports piece that the move should have been a foul - and Arter even booked for his trickery.Do you think the laws should be changed?
Let us know in the comments section below"Technically it should have been an indirect free-kick and a yellow card for ungentlemanly conduct, but the referee obviously has not heard it has he," Gallagher said to Sky Sports’ Ref Watch on the time."It is just incredible, but it is very, very clever of him.
I do not know why he does not shoot anyhow, because in that position he probably has the best chance!"Then-Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe was asked about the incident at the time, saying "It depends where you're sitting I think.
It's very rare that it comes up."We have a word that we use for leaving the ball. I haven't spoken to Harry about the incident so it's hard for me taking things second-hand.
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