So if I've got it right, the FA is saying that one of the match officials saw the "coming together" of Mario Balotelli and Arseneal's Alex Song, so no action will be taken against the Italian, even though none of them saw how bad the challenge was.
A statement from the FA read: "Retrospective action in relation to the incident involving Mario Balotelli of Manchester City and Alex Song of Arsenal, which occurred in the 20th minute of Sunday's game, will not be taken.
A statement from the FA read: "Retrospective action in relation to the incident involving Mario Balotelli of Manchester City and Alex Song of Arsenal, which occurred in the 20th minute of Sunday's game, will not be taken.
"Where at least one of the officials has seen the coming together of
players retrospective action is not taken, regardless of whether they have
seen the full extent of the challenge.
"Retrospective action can only be taken in scenarios where none of the
match officials saw the players coming together.
"The normal scenarios in which retrospective action is taken are for
'off-the-ball' incidents.
"Retrospective action was introduced for off-the-ball incidents where there was no contest for possession and could not be deemed to be re-refereeing an incident.
"In agreement with Fifa, this is how 'not seen' incidents are dealt with retrospectively in England.
"It is a policy that is agreed with all football stakeholders."
"Retrospective action was introduced for off-the-ball incidents where there was no contest for possession and could not be deemed to be re-refereeing an incident.
"In agreement with Fifa, this is how 'not seen' incidents are dealt with retrospectively in England.
"It is a policy that is agreed with all football stakeholders."
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