Wycombe RoyalEstebanWycombe Royal I wonder if it wasn't given because the ref deemed that May had fouled Mbengue when he leant on him making him miskick the ball. Therefore he played advantage because the ball went back to Pereira.
I don't remember seeing what the ref signalled when the incident happened.
The whole problem is the ref didn't signal anything. It's either a foul by May on Mbengue and a freekick to us, or you signal to play an advantage. OR it's a blatant backpass that Pereira rather stupidly fell on, instead of booting it safely out of play, which he had time to do.
The ref bottled the decision and did nothing, which just made things worse.
In my original suggestion I said that I didn't see if the ref signalled anything. However, he must have signalled something to Pereira otherwise he wouldn't have picked the ball up.
Pereira has been known to do the odd daft thing, and I doubt he'd have had time to look at the ref before deciding what to do. I think it was just, safest way to guarantee May can't score is dive on it.
But you maybe right. Think Ref was out of picture on the original footage and replay.