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It was amazing to watch frame by frame and see his change of directions from jumping inside of Shields to make catch up high to coming down and then planting right foot and turning 110 degrees while Shields has lost control. Then the trip happens.

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He didn't make the catch up high. The defender knocks the ball loose while he is up high. When Dez's left foot lands(this is his first foot that touches) he doesn't have control of the ball. He gets control as his right foot touches(his left is off the ground at this point, so this is his first foot down). Before his second foot(his left that he attempts to lunge from) touches, his body is in a horizontal position. This indicates he is going to the ground, and since he hasn't gotten 2 feet down yet, the rule of going to the ground kicks in. With this rule, he must maintain control through the process of contacting the ground. Also with this rule, it doesn't matter if he was hit, tripped, pushed, pulled, or whatever. Please link a still pic showing his body position right before his left touches for his lunge. If you watched frame by frame, you would see the defender knocked the ball loose from him before any of his feet touched down. He didn't have control until his right foot landed.