He played it well and the Talksport dramatisation of that is Talksport all over. All good strikers do that and it was a foul. He didn't dive, it had a VAR review and it was clearly as pen. He just positioned his body so he would most likely win a pen when it wouldn't have been an easy chance. He should not receive any criticism.
If anyone is annoyed by that then they should blame the rules as he didn't go down without contact.