ARSENAL star Takehiro Tomiyasu suffered cuts to his face after being studded on by Everton’s Ben Godfrey. The incident was referred to VAR but Godfrey was not judged to have committed a red card offence. Tomiyasu hit the turf on the touchline and Godfrey – who was not looking at his opponent – accidentally landed […]
ARSENAL star Takehiro Tomiyasu suffered cuts to his face after being studded on by Everton’s Ben Godfrey.
The incident was referred to VAR but Godfrey was not judged to have committed a red card offence.
Tomiyasu hit the turf on the touchline and Godfrey – who was not looking at his opponent – accidentally landed on Tomiyasu’s face.
The Arsenal defender looked worse for wear after the incident with cuts on his face but he was able to continue.
Sky Sports co-commentator Alan Smith felt Godfrey’s actions warranted a definite red.
So he was dismayed when referee Mike Dean decided to play on after a quick check of the VAR monitor.
And he was not the only one, with a number of fans on Twitter airing their disbelief.
One wrote: “He literally looked at Tomiyasu’s face and then stamped on it…I can’t believe it.”
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Another added: “That’s a red. All day long…except that Mike Dean is the ref.”
An Arsenal fan said: “Godfrey has just purposely stamped on Tomiyasu’s face. No red card. The amount of dreadful VAR decisions that go against us is beyond a joke now.”
Piers Morgan weighed in, saying: “Not even booked…for deliberately stamping on Tomiyasu’s face. Outrageous by Godfrey, and the referee.”
At half-time Gary Neville said on Sky Sports’ coverage of the incident: “As a professional that’s definitely, 100% he means that…He’s meant it but I can see why it’s not a red.”
Jamie Carragher added: “He’s a very lucky boy.”
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