I was pleased with our desire and spirit to fight our way back into the game ,. can't see enough of the angle to see if it warranted a red or not.....Ref was poor , most of all his positional play was poor often he had or let players crowd him .
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Its was definately a red card even though he won the ball, but it was the speed and follow through that made it serious foul play.
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No problem......
Maybe slowed down with VAR angles Id have another view. But I can see why the Ref gave it, because at first look it appeared the ball ran away to create that 50/50 following by what looked like an a uncontrolled lunge at the ball. The way the player went down probably swayed the decision towards the red.
It wasn't as clear cut as studs up, coming down from height and the knee movement creating a stabbing motion of the leg. It could easily have been a yellow that early on the game.
The player made the most of that contact for sure.Comment
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