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yes the law has changed, it would have been a straight red, actually, reading the BBC comments on the law change, it should have been a yellow really, for pushing.
Denying a goalscoring opportunity: Red card rule relaxed by IFAB
If he gave a yellow then I think that would've been the players 2nd yellow as he'd been booked shortly before that imagine if he'd sent him off as well as Buffon he'd have been going home in a coffin.
I assume you judge the challenge on it's merits I think it was an honest attempt to get the ball but it wasn't really fair because he pushed the guy in the back before making the challenge and not every tackle in football is a red/yellow card.