Gary Neville strongly disagreed with the red card given to Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones just 25 minutes into the eagerly anticipated top of the table clash with Tottenham.
Jones, who had initially been given a yellow card by referee Simon Hooper, was sent off moments later after a VAR intervention on his tackle involving Yves Bissouma. With the score at 0-0 at the time, Neville claimed that it would 'ruin the game' and expressed his uncertainty over what constitutes a red card now.
«No, I know when you're doing someone on purpose, I've done myself in the past, and he's not doing that,» the former Manchester United defender said on Sky Sports commentary of the match. «He's [the VAR] showing him [the referee] the end motion and that's not how it actually is — his foot slips over the top of the ball. It's never a red card and he's going to get one if it'll ruin the game.
»I think generally, he's gone in genuinely but his foot slips on top of the ball. I'm not sure, I never am nowadays, I'm less sure about football than I ever have been but I don't think he's gone in with any malice.
«If you see the end part of it in slow motion, you'll come to the conclusion that it's a red card. You have to look at the full motion at full speed, the speed of these players going into the tackles, Bissouma is flying in and so is Curtis Jones. But look, I felt a yellow would've been fine with the ambiguity that exists on something like that.»
It's already the third time that Liverpool have had a man sent off this season and they went on to win the previous two, including a comeback victory away at Newcastle. This one came after a lively start to the game between two of the three remaining unbeaten sides in the league.
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