Romero's Ridiculous Red

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Soccer, Sports

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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The FC crew react to Manchester United's 2-0 win over Tottenham and criticize Cristian Romero after the defender was set off for a straight red card. Plus, the guys debate who should start at striker for Arsenal after their 3-0 win vs Sunderland. Kay Murray and Ale Moreno also break down Barcelona's 3-0 win over Mallorca and praise Lamine Yamal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome into latest edition of ESPNSC. I'm Dan Thomas, joined by Shacki Hissloff and Stevie Nicol.
0:08.7	We'll kick things off in the Premier League. The early game on Saturday saw Manchester United take on Spurs.
0:13.6	This was a good contest for about 20 minutes, but then Romero gets a straight red card, the Spurs captain sent off,
0:20.6	and that then dictated really the narrative for the rest of the game.
0:23.6	Manchester United in control in Buemo and Fernandez getting the goals that see them win by two goals to nil.
0:30.6	But all the talk was obviously about that red for Romero.
0:33.6	Here is the Spurs coach. Thomas Frank.
0:36.6	If you look at how many red records he had, it's not like he had that many throughout his career.
0:43.3	You play with passion and you play with aggression and there's a fine line when you do that.
0:50.3	It's got the most in the Premier League since he arrived at the club?
0:55.0	Yeah but not in Premier League.
0:57.0	Off Premier League players, I know.
0:59.0	Of Premier League players?
1:00.0	Okay.
1:01.0	I didn't know that.
1:02.0	Oh no.
1:04.0	Oh, no.
1:05.0	You can make it all.
1:07.0	Stupid facts.
1:08.0	Yeah.
1:09.0	It was going so well.
1:10.0	Confirm then. Romero has had more red cards than any other Premier League player over the last five season.
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