"I don't like those types of red card because I think the game is gone if that's a red card, he told the BBC soon after the game finished. I don't think it's a reckless tackle. I don't think it's exceptional force. We have the referee's call and that was a yellow, so that's why I don't think that's a red."
"Later on, in his press conference, he rowed back slightly on his suggestion the game had gone, saying that statement was probably too big. But his annoyance was clear, as was his sense that the three-match ban Simons now faces would be exorbitant. If it was an intentional or very stupid tackle then it's one thing, he said. I just think it's too harsh that a tackle like that can be three games."
Thomas Frank expressed strong frustration at two VAR-related decisions that affected Tottenham's 2-1 loss to Liverpool. Xavi Simons received a red card after a VAR review upgraded his yellow for a late challenge on Virgil van Dijk, a decision Frank believed should have remained a yellow. Frank also accused VAR of failing to punish Hugo Ekitike for pushing Cristian Romero before Liverpool's second goal. Cristian Romero later received a second yellow for kicking out during a tangle with Ibrahima Konat, leaving Spurs with nine men while Frank questioned the severity of Simons' prospective three-match ban.
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