Agreed, was harsh. Not sure he needed to dive in like that though. I immediately thought red but with benefit of the replay a yellow, unfortunately the ref doesn't have the benefit of that, pretty sure he'd hold his hands up after seeing it again.
Could have easily been a red for both players, but go in like Shelvey did and you risk being sent off. Can be no criticism of the ref in those circumstances imo. Liverpool have looked good in that half, will be interesting to see how they set up for the remainder of the match now.
Yet another one where video technology may have lead to a different outcome. If they want to rule out that kind of tackle then they have to insist that you can only make a tackle whilst standing.
Just gave MU a penalty which on the replay looks soft. A weird one as he looks to fall before the challenge comes in. Also turned down a penalty appeal for Evans on Suarez that looked like a pen.
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Yes, I thought the same.
Rafael just scored a great equaliser.
;-)
Also turned down a penalty appeal for Evans on Suarez that looked like a pen.