I saw the replay of DeMichelis's foul about 10 times, and the best I can say is that it was probably outside the box but I can't be sure. Even the (British) announcers weren't sure. And DeMichelis made a terribly stupid play - why even give the referee a decision to make? He's a mature, experienced defender; he has to…

Also an Arsenal fan (and a Robben hater since his Chelsea days) and I agree with you - tough to fault a referee in that situation. Haven't seen AW's comments but I hope he didn't go the Pellegrini route of blaming the referee.