I don't think he knew anything about the handle either way. The ball bounced at a sharp angle and came off his chest in a hurry. His arm was out as part of the jump, but IMO he never made a move to play it. YMMV
I don't follow the "letter of the law" with my interpretation of handball... I use what seems right to me. IMO, if your arms are out and in an unnatural position- handball. I don't buy the hand to ball or intent nonsense. it is a fine line between "out" and close to your body though... so it's often a tough/subjective call. but the amount of times a guy will actually reach their hand to ball are next to none- unless it's u8 or it's Henry.
eta: so with that Mignolet play- he had his arms extended to catch at first, and they were still there when the bounce happens off his chest. to me, hand ball.
I agree with this completely. Most handballs are not intentional. If your arm is out then its a handball. Also, if you are a keeper and making yourself bigger to cut down the angle to the goal and your arms are outstretched the "did not intend" goes out the window for me as well. You actually intended to by making yourself bigger. Just my thought really.
And in the replays I saw last night I do not see where it hit mignolet's chest. I saw his arm come down and the ball hit his hand. Did I miss the chest part (not that it matters, he stopped a goal scoring opp with his had out of the box).
I think what bothers me most about handballs are they have become like a catch in the NFL. Noone really seems to know what the rule is anymore. And each ref calls it different. There is no consistency from Ref to ref. Handball should be the easiest to call. Did it hit the hand or arm? Was the hand/arm away from his body? For Keepers is he out of his box? If any of them are a no, its not a handball.