Joachim Andersen is Lucky to avoid being sent off after allegedly punching Jefferson Lerma. Dermot Gallagher, a former Head Association arbitrator, takes a look back at the most contentious minutes from the final games of the week on the most recent episode of Ref Watch. Joachim Andersen allegedly hit Jefferson Lerma in the nose while battling for a Bournemouth corner kick with the game scoreless, causing Lerma to fall to the ground. Given that the referee doesn’t seem to have seen the incident, a thorough VAR review determines that the Crystal Palace defender was not at fault. He didn’t develop enough speed since the VAR didn’t think it was a swing at the player. But given that, he is quite fortunate.
If the referee had witnessed you punch someone in the face with a clenched fist, I believe they would have shown you the red card. The clenched fist, which travels just far enough to break his nose but not very far, is what I believe to be the key. There is no doubt that it was done with retaliation, and he is really lucky. The referee probably won’t notice it because of the amount of bustle at a corner. Erling Haaland gets struck in the face by Jordan Pickford’s hand as the two players chase a high ball in the Everton area.
Joachim Andersen lucky to avoid being sent off after allegedly punching Jefferson Lerma
Man City’s forward is injured, yet the referee permits play to continue and VAR does nothing. Similar to Pickford, Haaland delivers. He knows where he will go and is very happy to stay there, so he makes little effort to play the ball. Once the referee declares there was no penalty on the pitch, which I believe is correct, the VAR won’t overturn that decision. I believe Haaland has just as good a view as Pickford, according to the saying “the referee has the best view.” If the goalkeeper takes the goalkeeper’s side, it may be said that they always support him.
He has three choices: award Pickford with a free kick; award Haaland with a penalty, or carry on. He chose his third option. “Yerry Mina and Aymeric Laporte have a brief altercation while waiting for the coin toss in the Everton area. Laporte strikes Mina in the thigh, causing him to collapse to the ground clutching his face. Later, after citing his “excessive” activity, Pep Guardiola picks him out for analysis.
He definitely doesn’t receive a face-slap, am I right? It resembles a flyswatter in almost every way.
He grabbed him as if to say, “Get off me,” and now he’s behaving like he’s been punched in the face, which, of course, never happened. The commercial is not very effective. While bouncing for a high ball with Kaoru Mitoma, Gabriel Martinelli leads with his arm, elbowing him in the face. Although a foul is called, no cards are displayed. DERMOT COMMENTS: “I think it’s yellow. It is reckless and not a good challenge, there is no question in my view about that. He does not, however, use a fist or an elbow to strike him in the face.
He grabbed him as if to say, “Get off me,” and now he’s behaving like he’s been punched in the face, which, of course, never happened. The commercial is not very effective. While bouncing for a high ball with Kaoru Mitoma, Gabriel Martinelli leads with his arm, elbowing him in the face. Although a foul is called, no cards are displayed. DERMOT COMMENTS: “I think it’s yellow. It is reckless and not a good challenge, there is no question in my view about that. He does not, however, use a fist or an elbow to strike him in the face.
DERMOT SAYS: ” I was looking at the screen, and the VAR looked at it for a long time before concluding that it was not a foul. Obviously, the referee would be aware of that.
“I don’t think he beat him or his calf,” the speaker said. I don’t believe it was a foul even if two players were squishing against each other. Because it’s a goal that was only recently found, people make a huge deal out of it. Everyone would just acknowledge playing on if it had occurred anywhere else.At the Gtech Community Stadium, a goal by Danny Ings in the second half seemed to reduce West Ham’s advantage to 2-1.
Just before the goal, when the ball strikes Divin Mubama’s raised arm and bounces off the post, VAR disallows a handball against him after advising the referee to view the pitchside monitor. David Moyes afterwards referred to the choice as “very strange.” DERMOT RECOMMENDS: I believe the arbitrator believes he has the ball, and the VAR agrees. He definitely gets the ball first, in my opinion. He challenges for the ball, he receives the ball, and now there are two players approaching from opposite directions. Even though I didn’t actually get the ball, I made sure to complete it. He didn’t, but I would have if I had crossed the ball and caught you on the knee.