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Anthony Taylor Chelsea V Liverpool
DIR By: Referee99
Date: January 2, 2022, 1:55 pm
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I’d be interested to hear peoples thoughts on Mane’s yellow card
after just 6 seconds today…. My personal view is that if that
was later into the game then it would’ve been a red card -
surprised there was no VAR review
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Re: Anthony Taylor Chelsea V Liverpool
DIR By: Tweed
Date: January 2, 2022, 4:17 pm
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I'll be honest at full speed at the time, I thought it was
unfortunate and a yellow was correct but having seen it again at
half time, I think he showed a complete disregard to the Chelsea
player and there was a bit more force than I thought and I think
he was lucky. It is one of these ones that is a bit subjective
and I am glad they stuck with Taylor's opinion as I think when
it is a knifeedge one that the on pitch referee should make the
call, but on balance I think he'd see red more often than not.
Can I just say as a complete neutral, if they'd disallowed
Kovacic's goal for offside, the telly was going off and never
going back to an EPL game again.
Also as a complete neutral, I think Arsenal v City and Chelsea v
Liverpool have been two of the best games I've seen in months.
In my mind there is now no doubt they are the top four.
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Re: Anthony Taylor Chelsea V Liverpool
DIR By: Gorgeous George
Date: January 2, 2022, 5:09 pm
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What a great game to watch… and I’ve got to say I actually get
Taylor had an excellent game. Personally my view is that Mane
can only be yellow as it lacks intensity or brutality. It was
the soft part of his arm and not his elbow or fist that caught
Azpilicueta and I believe the commentator describing it as
“reckless” was perfect.
Mount was fortunate to receive no sanction for his incident off
the ball but again it’s debatable about whether it was enough to
tip the balance into a red card.
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Re: Anthony Taylor Chelsea V Liverpool
DIR By: Ref Fan
Date: January 2, 2022, 5:12 pm
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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.
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Re: Anthony Taylor Chelsea V Liverpool
DIR By: yfc54
Date: January 2, 2022, 5:33 pm
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Sorry Gorgeous George but I'm confused as to whether you are
being serious or not. If you are talking tongue in cheek then
they certainly are soft body parts but if you seriously have
softness of the arms to the extent that it wouldn't harm anyone
when you smack them in the head or face I'd be heading to see
your GP at the earliest opportunity 😁
Being serious though in my humble opinion it was a red card all
day and all night, every day of the week and the referee bottled
it.
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Re: Anthony Taylor Chelsea V Liverpool
DIR By: Deanspen
Date: January 2, 2022, 5:35 pm
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I don’t understand the confusion. Red all day for me whether 6
seconds or 60 minutes. I’m not sure what “ lacks brutality”
means in the context of the challenge. The facts speak for
themselves. Red.
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Re: Anthony Taylor Chelsea V Liverpool
DIR By: Ref Fan
Date: January 2, 2022, 5:37 pm
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Just to add; apart from the controversy after 6 seconds, both
teams must be commended for producing one of the most
exhilarating, entertaining and exciting 45 minutes of
premiership football I've watched for quite some time, and that
after Arsenal v City yesterday. Some might suggest that
justifies Anthony Taylor's leniency so early in the match but
personally I'm not convinced.
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Re: Anthony Taylor Chelsea V Liverpool
DIR By: d394829
Date: January 2, 2022, 5:49 pm
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Mane and Mount lucky not to have seen red, apart from that. a
well refereed game of football.
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Re: Anthony Taylor Chelsea V Liverpool
DIR By: PhiltheRef
Date: January 3, 2022, 3:48 am
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There was dialogue involving AT, nearest AR, Martin Atkinson and
the VAR team with agreement of it being Reckless rather than
Violent.
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Re: Anthony Taylor Chelsea V Liverpool
DIR By: tef
Date: January 3, 2022, 5:26 am
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I thought Mane was lucky and couldn’t have complained if VAR had
stepped in. Really don’t like the argument I’ve seen made about
it only being 6 seconds in…if it’s VC it’s VC whenever it takes
place. Was surprised they took longer reviewing Mount’s kick
than the Mane elbow but the right decision reached as the force
was low, in my view.
My heart sank at how long the VAR check took after the first
Chelsea goal but glad nothing came of it.
Thought it was a very good game refereed very well.
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