Tottenham 2-1 Brighton (Son 10′, Kane 79′, Stellini red card 61′ | Dunk 34′, De Zerbi red card 61′)
TOTTENHAM HOTTSPUR STADIUM – Despite a long game against Tottenham Hotspur, Brighton suffered an embarrassing defeat in north London after making some controversial decisions against them.
Goals by Son Heung-min and Harry Kane on either side of a Lewis Dunk header secured the victory for the Spurs, but the home team benefited from controversial calls from referee Stuart Attwell and the VAR team throughout the game.
Following this, Roberto De Zerbi, who was sent off along with Tottenham manager Christian Stellini after a brawl on the touchline between the two benches, suggested that Kaoru Mitoma had been an “obvious foul” in the penalty area, which went unpunished, while Brighton -Skipper Dunk said, “I don’t see the point of VAR in football.”
On Sunday morning, Brighton received an apology from PGMOL chief referee Howard Webb for the decision not to award a penalty to Mitome. This is the third time this season that PGMOL has apologized to the Seagulls for official errors.
Meanwhile, Stellini admitted that the Spurs were lucky: “For the first time this season, we were lucky with VAR.
“We have to enjoy this moment because we often had bad luck with VAR. It happened to us once.”
Here are the four most controversial incidents in the game and whether VAR is right or wrong:
Mitoma gate is forbidden
What’s happened?
Shortly after Son opened the scoring with his 100th Premier League goal, Mitoma thought he had equalized with a fine volley after being blown away by an equally excellent pass from Alexis Mac Allister.
Linesman Darren Cann immediately raised his flag to indicate that Mitoma had handballed the ball while in control of the ball, and after a lengthy VAR review, Attwell upheld the decision.
However, the replays were far from conclusive, with some images suggesting that Mitoma used his shoulder to line up for a volley, while others showed it was the tip of his biceps instead.
As of this season, the so-called “shirt line” no longer plays a role in determining whether a handball foul has occurred.
Article 12 of the IFAB Rules states: “In order to make a definition of areas that count as handball (or not), the explanatory figure has been updated to clarify that the arm is at the bottom of the armpit and not at the ‘beginning’ of the sleeve.” t-shirts.
If it takes so long to make a decision, the attacker should be rewarded if in doubt.
Pronunciation: should have stood.
Target Not Allowed Mac Allister
What’s happened?
Danny Welbeck thought he had silenced the Tottenham fans who had hounded him all day over his Arsenal connections after seemingly leading Brighton in the second half.
At first it looked like Hugo Lloris made another costly mistake as the ball crawled under his body, but replays showed that Mac Allister had the winning touch and the ball went wide of him.
The Argentine arched to avoid the kick, but he was too close to Welbeck to do so and the ball hit his hand on its way to the net.
Since the beginning of last season, the rule is: “A player is still penalized if he makes an unintentional handball just before he scores a goal.”
Pronunciation: The right decision, easy.
Appeal against the Mitoma fine
What’s happened?
At 1-1, Brighton felt they should have awarded a penalty when Mitoma fell to the ground after being caught in the penalty area by Pierre-Émile Hoybjerg.
When Mitoma touched, Hojbjerg stepped on his back foot, sending the winger down. It was a clumsy crime on the Dane’s part, and he was very lucky to get away with it.
“It’s a terrible decision,” said Alan Shearer. game of the day. “This is a clear and obvious mistake. This is a roar. Stuart Attwell looks at it straight. Hojbjerg on Mitoma, it should be a clear penalty.”
PGMOL has since acknowledged that Attwell and VAR made the wrong decision and subsequently issued an apology to the club.
Interestingly, De Zerby didn’t want to discuss the referee and VAR decisions after the game, but that was the only incident he wanted to talk about.
Pronunciation: Should have been a penalty.
Dunk Penalty Appeal
What’s happened?
After Harry gave Kane Spurs a 2–1 lead in what turned out to be the winning goal, Attwell again denied Brighton a penalty after Lewis Dunk came under pressure from Clement Lenglet.
The replays clearly showed the Frenchman tugging on Dunk’s shirt with both hands, and while that contact wasn’t enough to blow the Brighton skipper, it was the sort of insult often given outside the box.
It seems that shirt tugging often goes unpunished and such incidents need to be dealt with more consistently so that defenders don’t shy away from action when they clearly interfere with their opponents.
Lengle is incredibly lucky.
Pronunciation: Should have been a penalty.
Source: I News
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