A Premier League independent panel have concluded that Diogo Jota should not have been sent off during Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at Tottenham.
The Portuguese forward was introduced at half-time during the weekend’s clash and was shown two yellow cards in quick succession with around 20 minutes left on the clock.
It was a game littered with controversy, with Curtis Jones also dismissed in the first period and Luis Diaz‘s strike just before the break not allowed to stand due to a communicative error among between referee Simon Hooper and the VAR officials.
ESPN have reported that Independent Key Match Incidents Panel for the league deduced in their review of the latest round of fixtures that the second of two tackles on Destiny Udogie “did not meet the threshold” for a booking.
Jota’s first yellow came despite having made no contact with Udogie, who lost his own footing and…
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