I was late switching over and missed the Sane elbow/arm at the start of the game. Only just seen it on MotD2, and was shocked frankly it wasn't an immediate RC from the referee nor then an intervention from VAR. The pundits on MotD were in no doubt it should have been red. Did it not fulfill the requirements of excessive force and endangering an opponent, or even VC?
Taylor had a decent game after that imo, but what would he have done had a similar incident had occurred after 60 minutes with a foul by a Chelsea player. For consistency, does he stick with a YC but be accused of getting 2 key decisions wrong, or does he give a straight RC and have the charge of inconsistency and injustice thrown at him?
Perhaps I wouldn't have felt so annoyed when I watched this incident if the same referee had not sent off Martial after 5 minutes a couple of seasons ago for a tap on the cheek having been provoked by Lamela, who got no sanction.
And yes Tweed, that was my reaction too about the Kovacic goal. I was rather surprised it took Darren England longer than I expected to decide the Chelsea players were not interfering.