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Ask The Ref- Why Wasn't Kovacic Sent Off?

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Sports, Soccer

4.22.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

The FC crew alongside Mark Clattenburg discuss some controversial referee calls from this past weekend including Mateo Kovacic not being sent off in the Manchester City Arsenal match. Plus, the guys discuss Erling Haaland's quiet season so far and why he isn't scoring as many goals as last year. And, Eden Hazard retires from football at 32. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome everybody into the ESPN FC Studios for this edition of the show Alongside Craig

0:29.5

Burley, Steve Nichol, I'm Sebastian Salas. So great to have you along with us as we dive

0:33.1

headfirst into the international break. But before we talk about international football,

0:37.3

we will be looking back at the weekend that was and joining us to do so we've got Frank LeBuff,

0:43.1

Ian Dark. And as it is that time of the week where we want to get a referees opinion on everything

0:47.1

we got Mark Clayton Berg. We're basically going to... Let's just give the audience what they want.

0:52.8

Bear warning. We're basically just going to butter the referees in the Premier League again.

0:58.0

With just re-walled the hunger. Yes. Yes. For a second straight week the referees very much the

1:04.2

centre of attention. So Mark, I think obviously the big game, Arsenal against Manchester City,

1:08.5

the big decision there early on, the challenge, the tackle on Marta Notagard from Matteo Kova

1:16.4

Chich. It's been some divided opinion whether it was a yellow or a red but you're the guy that

1:21.7

got paid big bucks at one time to make the choice. So what's it for you? Yellow or red?

1:26.4

It's interesting what you say, you haven't a divided opinion. My opinion as a referee is,

1:31.3

when you see this challenge, it's on the back of the Achilles and for us as referees when we

1:36.2

analyse these decisions, we always were looking for a red card. It's got speed, the studs hit the

1:42.4

back. This can clearly endanger the safety of the opponent. What the referee probably doesn't say,

1:48.0

doesn't say where the contact has made and this is where the bear has all of the angles

1:53.1

and I don't understand why in this modern era where we always want them to be after work.

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