in the air

A ball flies towards Ivory Coast's box. The Ivorian Zokora jumps forward and heads it, but in doing so gets kicked on the arm by the forward Liedson, who's trying a bycicle kick. Zokora, still aloft, doesn't grab his arm but his head.
Did the foot hit the arm and go on to the head? Is his face okay?
The replay shows it clearly: none of that, Liedson's foot stops at the arm. Zokora is trying to make it look worse and secure the yellow card for the portuguese.
In a fraction of a second you get the header, the kick on the arm, the idea of calling attention upon a different body part, and the skillful execution of the idea. All of it in the air. The referee, Jorge Larrionda of Uruguay, called the foul and nothing more. He was nearby.