How this other Mitchell wasn't cited is mind blowing.
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If it is not illegal to line up a defender's jaw with the point of your shoulder then it should be.
The front on footage was really clear. Mitchell looked straight at Preston and then turned his shoulder towards Preston, either dangerously towards Preston's incoming head or with the actual intent to have the point impact against Preston's head, possibly even his jaw.
Mitchell was looking straight into Preston's eyes all the way into the impact. He lined it up. With intent.
An attacking player should be treated the same way as the defender when it comes to shoulder changes.
It is a similar principle in an assault case.
You wouldn't get away with hitting someone in the head and saying to the judge 'Your honour, it was OK to deliberately or recklessly break the other person's jaw as I had a football under my arm".