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Author Topic: Anthony Taylor- Arsenal vs Spurs  (Read 965 times)

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Re: Anthony Taylor- Arsenal vs Spurs
« on: Mon 03 Oct 2022 12:45 »
When I saw it at the time it looked like a foul and nothing else, when I saw the replay I thought there was a bit more to it and expected Taylor to brandish the yellow; I can see why he gave red and it's one I wouldn't want VAR to overturn because it should be the perception and management of the referee on the pitch BUT with the benefit of seeing it back, I think the lack of force for me would have made it yellow.

I agree with this.  Having watched it numerous times, I keep expecting to see something I'd missed.  For example, if the contact had continued as a rake down the leg with studs, a RC would be absolutely correct.  In several incidents this season, a YC has been considered the right decision because of a lack of excessive force, not endangering an opponent, irrespective of whether it was an attempt for the ball & just bad timing.  On RefWatch, the van Dyke challenge in the Merseyside derby was referred to.  I agree this incident with Emerson could be considered malicious as well as high contact because there was no chance of getting the ball but did it really tick any boxes for excessive force or dangerous? Not a nice foul but does that make it a RC?

Once a straight RC was shown (supported by Dermot but not Stephen Warnock on RefWatch by the way), I didn't expect VAR to intervene.  Equally, I'd have been surprised had they done so had the colour only been yellow.  I do feel there is a question of consistency on these sort of fouls and challenges.

Overall though, I thought Anthony Taylor handled the game very well.