Match Threads Everton vs Spurs - Match Thread

[theShiznit]

The ref gave a yellow for the initial tackle by Son and he deemed it nothing more than that. He then changed it to a red after seeing the severity of the injury, however the injury was caused by the contact with Aurier , not Son. That’s why I think we should appeal the red card. If disciplinary board thinks that a player needs to have been red carded, then it should be Aurier who should serve the suspension.

Break was caused before Aurier collision.
His ankle buckled (after Son challenge) and collapsed onto his own leg causing the break.

 

[DEFchenkOE]

First half I was so bored. Second half the same until Dele's goal and then all that happened after. Poor game all around, such a lack of quality.

 

[Yiddo100]

Son made a tackle,probably a yellow card...Sons reaction......the heat of the moment the ref reacted...probably wrongly..
I think Son will get off of the red card but that's too late

I think the ref was going to make the right call because he had a yellow out, then the var must’ve been in his ear to change it.

 

[glacierSpurs]

Just shows VAR is an absolute disgrace

Just gutted the VAR is not upholding the truth given it's this sole purpose of existence. ?

 

[Matrix]

Maybe it did but everything does

exactly. Any challenge is a red then.

 

[Hakkz]

Just saw the injury.

Fuck me that's horrible.

 

[mark87]

VAR said it endangered an opponent. Absolute shite.

Then every foul needs to be a red card.

 

[bubble07]

The Premier League have released a statement claiming that Son's red card was "for endangering the safety of a player which happened as a consequence of his initial challenge

 

[frost14]

Wow.

What a joke.

Son is a fanny for accepting the red card.

What else could he have done really??

 

[wrd]

Okay I found the above but I have to question that because any tackle result in a freak landing, accidents happen.

 

[theShiznit]

They can appeal surely

They would just be putting another nail (rightly) in the VAR coffin, so probably won't overturn it.

 

[Gbspurs]

What did it say? Something about intent?

It said about endangering a player

 

[Ronwol196061]

I think the ref was going to make the right call because he had a yellow out, then the var must’ve been in his ear to change it.

Not sure
We will know later I guess

 

[muppetman]

Poch:

More from Pochettino. He says Son Heung-min is devastated and adds that the referee Martin Atkinson should have checked the VAR screen to realise his challenge was not red-card worthy. “Sonny was devastated,” Pochettino says. “It was difficult to keep calm. When you watch the action on TV, there is no intention to do what happened after. It was very, very bad luck for him and bad luck for the family of Everton. It finished with a red card for Sonny, very unfair and of course the conditions of the game changed. We defended well but then we conceded. I am disappointed with the result, and disappointed with other things that happened in the 90 minutes. I cannot agree with the sending off of Sonny and many things that happened before. I think the referee needs to go to the screen, like in different leagues.”

 

[mpickard2087]

To be honest I don't really know what most of you were expecting to happen in this game? Two teams who are struggling at the moment, form and confidence and results at rock bottom. If you thought it would be anything other than what was served up - a nervy, cautious, low quality, tight game - then I have no words. Irrational may be one actually........

The game also descended into a bitty slugfest because of the officiating (and then the injury), primarily the VAR ref being unwilling or incapable to find some cojones and make a call, so instead we got several minutes delay as he faffed around looking at a replay for the eight billionth time. Overall though the decisions got worse as the game went on.

The Son penalty call I thought was fair enough. It's down to your interpretation of the event, some people and most Spurs fans will point to the fact that he got caught and so it is a penalty. If he'd gone down at that point I'd 100% agree. But the defence brief will point to that he then took another step after contact and threw himself to the ground in wildly exaggerated fashion and so he made a meal of it. I'm inclined to agree. The Alli penalty claim at the other end I don't think there can be much debate over, surely, we got lucky with it and I don't see how it wasn't a penalty.

But then the injury/red card happened. I've seen one replay where Son clips him, sends him off balance and he stumbles into Aurier making a block/slide tackle, you don't see the contact and aftermath. Unless I've completely and utterly missed something then I don't see what Son has done to get a red card, and I cant say if Aurier did anything wrong. Looks to me though as if the ref has done what he shouldn't do, and just impulsively looked to make a decision based on the injury that's happened when Son has done little wrong. But then how long did VAR have to look again at what happened, and pick up that a mistake has been made? Not a good day for the officials at all.

It looked like we might nick a much needed three points but with 10 men we'd have to ride out the storm in the last few minutes and to be quite honest I looked in particular at a midfield containing Alli and Eriksen, and then also Lo Celso who was awful when he came on and it just wasn't a scenario to pitch him into, and didn't think we'd hold out. We didn't, 1-1/a draw was all either team deserved, on to the next one to try and find some form and build some momentum and confidence......

 

[Gb160]

Personally I think we're in for a season of this apathy.

That's the truly depressing thing.
Should really look at the bigger picture, we're in a great place as a club, but it just sucks.

 

[Thewobbler]

I hate VAR. Every game thats all they end up talking about.

 

[bubble07]

I think the ref was going to make the right call because he had a yellow out, then the var must’ve been in his ear to change it.

But he actually brandished the yellow

 

[kaz Hirai]

This pauses before the leg break but as you can see there is no chance in hell that is a red.

Think we all knew this upon seeing the first reply

Atkinson just let his emotions and the situation override common sense .

But whatever, English refs have alwsts been terrible. VAR has managed to make them even worse

May go back to following the NBA more

 

[ardiles]

Decided to tune in to see the end of the game and within 9 fucking seconds we conceed

so it’s your fault then.