Fans have been left perplexed after a clip confirmed just one out of 4 incidents of dissent in the direction of the referee have been punished throughout Liverpool’s FA Cup win at Arsenal.
The highly-anticipated conflict between Premier League title rivals Arsenal and Liverpool didn’t disappoint. The Reds survived a first-half onslaught from the Gunners to e-book their place within the fourth spherical because of a late Jakub Kiwor personal aim and an injury-time Luis Diaz strike to seal a 2-0 win.
While the motion was typically frantic, referee John Brooks seemingly opted to take a lenient view of proceedings. He did not brandish the primary yellow card of the sport till the sixty fifth minute when William Saliba cynically held again Diogo Jota.
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And by erring on the aspect of warning, Brooks opted to not e-book Jorginho and Martin Odegaard – on two separate events – for clear dissent after fouls got in opposition to the Arsenal pair. However, with the sport 20 minutes from its conclusion, Liverpool’s Harvey Elliott was booked for comparable complaints to the Norwegian’s earlier protests.
Brooks seemingly solely needed to dish out bookings within the remaining levels of the sport, as Ben White escapee an apparent yellow card after he was embarrassed by Curtis Jones and subsequently shoved the midfielder over within the first half.
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Reaction on social media was break up as some followers debated the fouls, whereas others questioned the legislation. One remark learn: “Seems like Odegaard is showing very little respect to the referee here!” A second wrote: “Refs take cards out when they want, not because of the fouls”, a 3rd added: “I genuinely have no idea how Odegaard doesn’t get at least 1 or 2 bookings a game.” While a fourth stated: “Yet Dalot got two in 2 seconds.”
Opinion additionally appeared break up over the FA’s Law 12 concerning dissent, which states: “A player is cautioned if guilty of: delaying the restart of play. dissent by word or action. entering, re-entering or deliberately leaving the field of play without the referee’s permission.”
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While there’s little argument that each one 4 cases have been in infringement of that legislation, different followers argued the legislation merely doesn’t convey into consideration emotion, one stated: “Players should be allowed to react. People trying to kill all emotion in the game.”
A second added: “The Dissent yellow card rule just isn’t working. Have to let players show frustration. Need to raise the bar as to what actually is dissent. It’s an emotional game.”