(Video): Cucurella hair pull was a red card says Sky’s in-house ref

Dermot Gallagher has been on Sky’s Ref Watch this morning to point out that Cristian Romero should have been sent off for pulling Marc Cucurella’s hair in the final moments of the game.

Well, you don’t need an ex ref to tell you that, really.

The red card matters, even though it’s the last minute, because it affects Tottenham’s selection for the next 3 games. Their best defender should be banned.

But more importantly, Tottenham wouldn’t have had that final corner to score from, and we’d be three points ahead of them in the table.

You can see his explanation in the clip embedded here:

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12 Comments

  1. 2 poor decisions.What makes me laugh is the linesmen missed a blatant last touch by a spurs player,over ruled by ref,but apparently linesmen can see hair line offsides at a distance.I thought the refs were going to review more often ! Also when was the last time a free kick was moved forward ?

  2. officiating personnel must be held accountable for their misjudgments, just like the players for their misbehavior.
    nobody is above the rules.

    1. That referee is ALWAYS making misjudgments against Chelsea and anyone who thinks its anything other that deliberate is deluded…

  3. We always know dermot to support ref decision but he couldn’t with this because it’s obvious, something need to be done about Taylor and Chelsea matches and mike dean should be punished

  4. Well for me I was gutted at Taylor for helping Tottenham get a draw,
    This is not the first time Taylor is doing this to us
    How could you spoiled such a good game with bad officiating
    First it was spurs players constantly fowling Chelsea players.
    Bentacur made 3 fouls on Chelsea notably the kai foul if Taylor was in his right sense bentacur was supposed to card in one of those numerous occasions Taylor didn’t do anything so that gave bentacur a free license to foul at will
    How was richalison not call action?
    He was interfering with mendys view for crying out loud.
    Now back to bentacur foul on kai
    I’m hearing some people are saying they can bring the play back to the actual event at the time well let me rewind and tell you something that similar that happened not too long ago
    I hope we all remembered what happened during Chelsea Southampton game was it last season
    When Chelsea scored a goal then the play went after a good celebration this same Taylor after 117 var call him and they cancelled the game
    Romero on cucurella
    How was that not a violent conduct.
    What are you people teaching young kids out dear that yanking of hair is OK .
    Well as for me Chelsea chairman should stand up and sue Taylor for damages he has been causing he must have a reason for hating Chelsea this much .
    English fa are busy investigating tuchel
    Instead of them to be investigating Taylor
    You see I didn’t put Mr Taylor because he didn’t deserved that Mr
    My own opinion I bet the whole of Tottenham have gone to meet Taylor before the match beg him to help them to cage Chelsea for them
    If not why are pundits saying Tottenham will massacre Chelsea before the game
    We dot need var
    We don’t need Anthony Taylor anymore thanks..

  5. Anthony Taylor should be shot by Ak 47 gun because he does not deserve to be Referee pls send him to local team to gain experience….if I were there I would have step …blady fucking.son of beach…rascal ..bullshet ashole

  6. If the English FA stands for the ruleof law, ethics and sanctity of of the pitch, then, it needs to look at the foul that was committed by Bentacur against Mac Cucurella. Review this action and previous actions Mr. Anthony Taylor has taken against Chelsea, denying their win.
    This continuous misjudge of actions on the pitch against Chelsea Mr. Taylor has the propensity to fuel unnecessary tension , frustration, disorderliness and further degenerate the integrity of the football.
    Furthermore, the interference of the play by Richardlison, also needs to be investigated. If he has not interfered, the ball wouldn’t have resulted into goal. If Mr. Taylor has shown yellow or red card to Bentacur, Tottenham wouldn’t have scored the late equalizer.
    You see, all these misjudge resulted into Chelsea disadvantaged Chelsea chance of winning the game.
    Before the game, all predictions were against Chelsea, a clear indication that the game was already premeditated and it alluded to match fixing.
    VAR too, didn’t do well. The VAR is to assist the referee make the right decision on the pitch without injury to either side. The question is why VAR was silent on these actions by Bentacur and Richardlison?

  7. This Anthony Taylor is just an unprofessional referee and a disgrace to this beautiful game. His handling of games especially Chelsea’s games always lead pundits to question the essence of VAR, goal line tech. and other errors elimination technology. FIFA should on-the-spot replace referees whose willful and unethical refereeing invite violence on the pitch.

  8. Taylor as the center referee and Webb in the VAR was a planned game by the FA to humiliate Chelsea.

    Taylor and Webb has never had a good game for Chelsea in time memorial.

    They both hated Cheksea fir no just reason

  9. That man is an evil, call me anywhere I can defend it. Anthony Taylor is an evil person, with evil mind. In fact fulled with racism. Why the same mistake always with CHELSEA FC?. WHAT HAVE CHELSEA FC DONE TO HIS MAN ANTHONY TAYLOR?. HE SHOULD TELL US, YES!!!

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