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Chelsea vs Arsenal (PL) Sunday 30th November 16:30 GMT

I’ll try to watch it but from what I saw repeated at the ground, Caicedo stepped on the foot but did not go high or anything. Yellow? Yes. Red? Not in my opinion, without having seen the repetition.
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Diving tackle, studs first in to the ankle. Red imo.

 
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Diving tackle, studs first in to the ankle. Red imo.
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Yes, just seen it. No complaints there. Could have easily been a yellow, we’ve seen many worse tackles get yellow, but I can’t complain.

 
No other way to view that than 3 points dropped. Blame lies solely with Caicedo as well as we were cruising.

Over the course of a season though I imagine he earns us more points than he’s cost us today. Just one of those things.
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To be in with a shot at the title yes, we needed to bea them.

 
I’ll try to watch it but from what I saw repeated at the ground, Caicedo stepped on the foot but did not go high or anything. Yellow? Yes. Red? Not in my opinion, without having seen the repetition.
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100% red card.

If it was the other way round you’d be screaming red I’d guess.

 
100% red card.

If it was the other way round you’d be screaming red I’d guess.
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I’m not complaining I’m just saying that we’ve seen worse tackles getting away with a yellow. And Taylor has got form with us, giving us cards that were not, that’s why I don’t give him the benefit of the doubt.

 
It’s riling me that Arsenal will win the league whilst being totally unremarkable. They’re no better than Leicester were in their title winning season when every other team said “we can’t be arsed, you can have it if you want”.
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I think you'll find that Leicester's ragtag band of N'Golo Kanté and associated misfits were actually brilliant that season, in particular the quality of the stewarding

 
By the way, I've only seen what they showed in the stadium for Caicedo’s red card, and it did not look like mire than a yellow. Has Taylor done us again?
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I think it's fair to say that Anthony Taylor wants a league winner's medal to go with his two FA Cups.

(It was definitely a red)

 
I’ll try to watch it but from what I saw repeated at the ground, Caicedo stepped on the foot but did not go high or anything. Yellow? Yes. Red? Not in my opinion, without having seen the repetition.
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Above the ankle. Knew it would be a red card the moment I saw the first replay. Don't think I've seen a tackle like that not get a red since VAR was introduced.

It's unlucky because before VAR that doesn't get given. But it is above the ankle, it's hard, and I'd say there a fairly high % chance that ends up with Merino out of action with a broken ankle.

 
Just watched the whole match on delay because my line manager (wife) had other ideas. Given the ten men men thought it was a good result. 6 points in November is doable and other teams will take heart at how we approached the game.

Despite emptying my whole drinks cabinet I can still see and think we can really take heart from this performance. If that is all the league has to offer we can really make a serious challenge this season. SERIOUSLY we pushed them all the way with 10 men and without our best player.

This is really good for team moral and I take my hat off to Maresca for setting the team up like this, not making a defensive substitution and building a belief amongst the players.

COYB!

 
I’m not complaining I’m just saying that we’ve seen worse tackles getting away with a yellow. And Taylor has got form with us, giving us cards that were not, that’s why I don’t give him the benefit of the doubt.
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To be honest, at the time I thought the on field decision of yellow card was fine. Slowing it down like they do makes it look so much worse. Play it at full speed and impact isn't anywhere near as bad as people think it is. It's like split second stuff. My problem mostly is with Caicedo though, it's either ball, man or a bit of both. As immense of a tackler he is, he often walks a tight line and I wish he would clean those tackles up a bit.

 
To be honest, at the time I thought the on field decision of yellow card was fine. Slowing it down like they do makes it look so much worse. Play it at full speed and impact isn't anywhere near as bad as people think it is. It's like split second stuff. My problem mostly is with Caicedo though, it's either ball, man or a bit of both. As immense of a tackler he is, he often walks a tight line and I wish he would clean those tackles up a bit.
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He obviously knew he'd got that tackle all wrong as he went down so theatrically himself to try and bluff the referee that it was 50/50. You could see on the first replay that there was zero actual contact on him to justify all that rolling around, so I immediately feared the worst in terms of the card colour.

 
I thought it was a red however my frustration was I can remember a similar tackle on one of our players earlier this season (Cant remember the game, but I think it was a 3pm k.o).

Ref issued a yellow and even though it was checked by VAR it was not deemed a clear and obvious error, I think it was also determined that the impact was just below the ankle, the inconsistency in officiating especially by VAR is just baffling.

 
I thought it was a red however my frustration was I can remember a similar tackle on one of our players earlier this season (Cant remember the game, but I think it was a 3pm k.o).

Ref issued a yellow and even though it was checked by VAR it was not deemed a clear and obvious error, I think it was also determined that the impact was just below the ankle, the inconsistency in officiating especially by VAR is just baffling.
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It was a foul by Bentancur on Reece James at Spuds. Maresca raised the inconsistency in his post-match interview.

"It’s a red card, but why was Bentancur’s against Reece not a red card when we were at Spurs away? As a manager, we struggle to understand why they judge in different way. Moi’s is red card, yes. Bentancur’s is a red card, yes. Why they don’t give him a red card?"

“We struggle to understand. The reality is that it’s red card. But why they judge in different way?"
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Spot on. Really pleased he said this.

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No other way to view that than 3 points dropped. Blame lies solely with Caicedo as well as we were cruising.

Over the course of a season though I imagine he earns us more points than he’s cost us today. Just one of those things.
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It's only 2 points dropped and there's no need to blame Caicedo. Blame culture kills the team. Focus on the positive. We pushed Arsenal all the way and were better with 11 men. We got a point and are still in touch. The team can take a lot from this performance.

 
Didn’t see the match, but disappointed we didn’t win considering both Gabriel+Saliba were out. Fully expecting them to batter us again at the Emirates.

Still a mental block against both City and d Arsenal.

 
Thought we were causing them problems until the sending off. Just let down by poor finishing. With eleven men we might have gone on to win.

Poor challenge from Caicedo. Was always going to be a red with VAR. Hopefully we won’t miss him too much and he gets a rest.

Overall, wins against Burnley and Barca earlier this week, and a draw against Arsenal isn’t too bad all things considered.

 
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