Luiz Adriano unsporting goal vs Nordsjaelland

Chelsea's Champions League group was enveloped in controversy on Tuesday night after Shakhtar Donetsk striker Luiz Adriano scored what could best be described as unsporting goal in the Ukrainian's win at FC Nordsjaelland. After the referee stopped the action in midfield, he instructed Shakhtar to play the ball back to the home side's goalkeeper. Willian duly obliged, however his punt almost three-quarters the length of the pitch was intercepted. This is from the Champions League: Shaktar is at the top of their group, and Nordsjaelland is at the bottom. At the time, Nordsjaelland was winning 1-0. There was a collision off the ball between two players. The ref stopped play, and play restarts with a drop ball. They generally don’t contest drop balls in high level soccer: the sporting thing to do is to give the ball back to the team who deserves it. In this case, Nordsjaelland had the ball, so Shaktar went to play the uncontested drop-ball back to the Nordsjaelland keeper. Enter Luiz Adriano, who treated the clear-to-the-keeper like a through-ball, took it, and scored. 1-1. Shaktar went on to win 5-2. Seemingly unaware, Luiz Adriano raced clear of the bemused defence, rounded the goalkeeper and slotted the ball home, sparking a furious reaction from the Nordsjaelland players, and a muted celebration from the visitors.