Though, if you watch the referee on the video, he looks like he's reaching for a red card from a top pocket as he's running across to the scene of the incident ....Nailed on red, nasty scissor action on standing leg! Although easy to say with replays, but at normal speed, the referee's position and the location on the pitch (opposite side from assisstant), might not have realised the severity of the challenge.
I would say that it could be argued for either red or yellow (orange?) apart from that it was an attacker that made the challenge near his opponents penalty area, so he hasn't really needed to go for the tackle like that, and that for me makes it excessive.I actually think it was a yellow but have only seen it in slow motion so depends on speed. It seems fashionable particularly with pundits to say oh it was scissor motion in tackle it's a red. Not necessarily case
Where it was on pitch is irrelevant not sure how that makes it excessiveI would say that it could be argued for either red or yellow (orange?) apart from that it was an attacker that made the challenge near his opponents penalty area, so he hasn't really needed to go for the tackle like that, and that for me makes it excessive.
If it was a defender near his own area then you would expect him to go for a challenge, but an attacker that is near his opponents area you probably wouldn't, I was more talking about the situation.Where it was on pitch is irrelevant not sure how that makes it excessive
If it was a defender near his own area then you would expect him to go for a challenge, but an attacker that is near his opponents area you probably wouldn't, I was more talking about the situation.
That's just my interpretation but others probably have a different one.