Ex-Premier League referee explains why Kai Havertz wasn't sent-off for Arsenal against Brentford | V1U64NX | 2024-03-10 16:08:02
Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher insists Kai Havertz didn't need to be despatched off for a second bookable offence in Arsenal's 2-1 win over Brentford.
The Gunners appeared set to drop two useful points in the title race before Havertz intervened with a bullet 86th minute header that despatched Mikel Arteta's aspect, briefly no less than, back to the top of the table.
Whereas Brentford had no gripes over the legitimacy of Havertz's objective, Bees boss Thomas Frank felt the Germany international should have been given his marching orders earlier within the second half.
Already on a yellow card, Havertz threw himself to the bottom within the 65th minute in the hunt for a penalty following a challenge from Nathan Collins.
Replays recommended contact was minimal, and Frank later accused the former Chelsea star of diving.
He stated: 'They [the players] have been very indignant because they felt they have been exhausting executed by with the penalty shout with Havertz. You possibly can see the angles, it was clearly a dive. That was a second yellow after which it is 11 v 10.'
Gallagher, nevertheless, was adamant match official Rob Jones made the right name to point out a component of leniency, while confirming it isn't the job of VAR to intervene in this specific state of affairs.
Gallagher advised Premier League Productions: 'In the event you imagine the referee decides to provide a yellow card and VAR doesn't assume it's, we're speaking about can the VAR intervene on second yellow playing cards. Nicely everyone knows it's about direct purple playing cards.
'For me, there's some contact and that's what saves him really. It's not the most effective factor to do on the planet, particularly whenever you're on a yellow card.
'For those who look where the referee is, he sees the deal with go in from Collins and sees the ball go to the correct.
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'The clue for the referee is where the ball travels and the ball travels away from Havertz, so the referee will assume in his thoughts from his position he will see the ball go there and assume Collins has played the ball which is why he doesn't give a foul.
'He'll say no foul, no dive. I feel the referee goes dive he's obtained to be completely positive because it's a pink card.
'In the event you're going to ship any person off for a dive you need the place there's clearly no contact where he's thrown himself to the bottom.
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