Correct. My point (perhaps not best explained) is that instead of taking the footrace on, and angling his challenge/run to try and either anticipate the knock-on OR jockey Bale, Agger has already made his mind up to play the player/ball, thus his entire posture in defending the situation is 'all at once through the lot'...Bale nicks the ball past him but obviously feels the crunch is coming. Agger pulls out at the last second, despite the intent being there/enough to put Bale off. Bale gets out of the way of what he thinks is coming, it doesn't come, he looks like he's diving when there is no reason at all for him to dive!
You/Wriggly, etc, are obviously entitled to your opinions, but I think we are also entitled to ours and our reading of it. Agger had time to out his arms in the air and gesture that he was pulling out, instead he carried on and pulled out at the last second; he 'played' the situation.