Usually hyperbole can get the higher of descriptions in soccer, however it’s honest to name Chelsea and Tottenham’s fixture on the weekend a battle. There was beef between managers Thomas Tuchel and Antonio Conte and the 2 groups didn’t maintain again with their challenges.
The headline maybe was an unpunished offence dedicated by Cristian Romero nevertheless, as in stoppage time he was caught yanking Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella over by his hair. It induced important controversy as many couldn’t perceive why it was not picked up by VAR.
No stranger to controversy, it was Mike Dean who was accountable for reviewing the incident and writing in his column for the Every day Mail, he admitted it was oversight. The Telegraph coated his phrases.
“Generally in hindsight, you realise you might have acted otherwise.”
“I requested referee Anthony Taylor to attend whereas I seemed on the incident involving Tottenham’s Cristian Romero and Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella.”
Chelsea getting a style of what Arsenal had finish of final yr. Somebody wants to show the FA. It is a clear foul by Romero on Cucurella #CHEvsTOT pic.twitter.com/Q6Qkz7psn7
— jdre (@jdre8) August 14, 2022
“I couldn’t award a free-kick as VAR, however I may advocate to Taylor that he go to the referee evaluation space to think about attainable pink card. Within the few seconds I needed to research Romero pulling Cucurella’s hair, I didn’t deem it a violent act.”
“I’ve since studied the footage, spoken to different referees and, upon reflection, I ought to have requested Taylor to go to his pitch-side monitor to have a look for himself.”
Whereas Chelsea followers will likely be pissed off that they have been wronged by the referee, as they are going to see it, maybe this is step one to a more healthy tradition surrounding referees. If the officers are capable of clarify their selections, it might effectively result in much less controversy, extra transparency and in the end a greater relationship between referees, followers and gamers.
