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What is 'simulation' in football?
Simulation is when a player fakes an injury or a foul to deceive the referee and gain an unfair advantage, like winning a penalty or getting an opponent booked. In the Liverpool story, former PGMOL chief Keith Hackett suggested Mac Allister should have been booked for simulation, implying he believed Mac Allister went down too easily without genuine contact.
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