Strootman should be punished for his dive

On a weekend that saw several highly dubious penalties going to high profile clubs -- Rashford against Swansea and Leroy Sane in Manchester City's 2-2 draw with Middlesbrough -- perhaps one of the most egregious came in the Rome derby when Kevin Strootman jumped out of the way of Wallace's leg and won Roma a penalty. (It still finished 3-1 to Lazio.)

The pictures are pretty brutal. And the way Strootman sits on the pitch suggesting he'd been nailed make it even worse.

In these circumstances, there's a mechanism in Serie A whereby he can be punished with retrospective punishment for unsporting behaviour. At the very least, he ought to be charged and made to explain himself. Some cases are borderline, and it doesn't mean that every time a player goes down without contact, it's necessarily a penalty. Sometimes, evasive action is necessary.

This was not one of those times.