Former Premier League referee, Dermot Gallagher has defended match official, Rob Jones’ resolution to indicate leniency to Kai Havertz in Arsenal’s match in opposition to Brentford on Saturday
Gallagher said that VAR is not going to intervene in a second yellow card situation and believed that Havertz’s contact with Nathan Collins saved him from harsher punishment.
Brentford supervisor, Thomas Frank believed Havertz ought to have been given his marching orders earlier within the second half after the Germany worldwide threw himself to the bottom in the hunt for a penalty.
Nonetheless, Gallagher concluded that sending Havertz off for the dive would require a situation of no contact.
“For those who think about the referee decides to present a yellow card and VAR doesn’t suppose it’s, we’re speaking about can the VAR intervene on second yellow playing cards. Nicely everyone knows it’s about direct crimson playing cards,” Gallagher instructed Premier League Productions.
“For me, there’s some contact and that’s what saves him actually. It’s not one of the best factor to do on the planet, particularly if you find yourself on a yellow card.
“For those who look the place the referee is, he sees the deal with go in from Collins and sees the ball go to the precise.
“If you’re going to ship anyone off for a dive, you need the place there’s clearly no contact the place he’s thrown himself to the bottom.”
In the meantime, Arsenal received the match 2-1 in opposition to Brentford.
