Just to let the Massive know that not

[Karl]

attempting to play the ball is, a) not a foul and b) not a reason for justifying a foul.

It is the deliberate act of obstructing that is a foul.

Commentators sometimes speak nonsense and if repeated many times gets picked up by fans and in many minds become 'fact'!

Obstructing is a foul! The game must be restarted by a member of the opposing team taking an indirect free-kick as dictated by the Laws of the Game.