I think he knew NOTHING would be given.Weird that he didn't, isn't it, given that he spends most of the game doing precisely that whenever a ball is lofted up to him from the defence? I suppose he saw the goalmouth and forgot all about his usual falling over routine.
I said earlier in this thread, that it's starting to feel like players aren't even putting tackles in because they know it'll just be a free kick against them. Every. Damn. Time. It's better for the flow of the game to wait for the opposition to make a mistake and give possession away, than to make a tackle, watch them drop like a sniper victim and the ref, with his whistle locked and loaded, give it immediately.