What's the point of VAR if Fabinho escapes red for tackle on Ferguson?
CHRIS SUTTON: What on earth is the point of having VAR if Liverpool’s Fabinho escapes a red card for his terrible challenge on Brighton’s Evan Ferguson? It’s a FARCE
- Fabinho should have received a red card for a horrible tackle on Evan Ferguson
- The challenge came during Liverpool’s FA Cup loss against Brighton on Sunday
- What is the point of VAR if it allows the Brazilian to escape for a tackle like that?
The guilt was written all over Fabinho’s face.
He knew his challenge from behind on Brighton’s young striker Evan Ferguson was bad.
He knew his studs had sunk into Ferguson’s leg. He knew it was worthy of a red card.
Liverpool’s Fabinho reacts following his controversial challenge on Brighton’s Evan Ferguson
Yet somehow, even with Neil Swarbrick as VAR, Fabinho remained on the field. The midfielder escaped punishment when every right-minded fan knew he should have been dismissed.
Referee David Coote missed it in real time and Swarbrick messed up from Stockley Park.
The sending off for Sheffield United’s Daniel Jebbison — for next to nothing — against Wrexham made this one even worse.
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