I doubt most refs would give that as a penalty, if they are going to penalise the defender (I didn't watch the game so don't know if he did), too much of the action happens outside of the area. Most would settle for the freekick just outside the box. I'm pretty sure it was a foul, however.
Certainly wasn't some 100% stonewall penalty that ratfacedcunt was making it out to be.