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Keith Hackett 'amazed' Moises Caicedo wasn't sent off vs Tottenham

Keith Hackett
Keith Hackett

Refereeing Consultant AUTHORITY Former FIFA Referee; Head of PGMOL (Professional Game Match Officials Limited). FOCUS Laws of the Game, VAR implementation, officiating performance, and PGMOL policy. THE AUDIT Keith utilises Statscore’s Officiating Telemetry, including Deep-Data Metrics like Incident Accuracy Rates, VAR Intervention Latency, and Official Positional Efficiency. He provides technical refereeing analysis to reveal the regulatory reality behind match-defining decisions.

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Keith Hackett believes that Chelsea midfielder Moises Caicedo should have received a red card for his late challenge on Pape Matar Sarr this past Sunday (8 December).

Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, the former PGMOL chief, ex-FIFA, and Premier League referee believes the 23-year-old “knows exactly what he’s done” in that moment.

The Ecuador international caught Sarr on the shin with his studs-up, but Anthony Taylor opted to not punish him for the challenge.

VAR didn’t intervene on the incident either as Caicedo avoided a red card which left Spurs fans fuming as they went on to lose the game.

Tottenham had taken a two-goal lead in the first 11 minutes, but they ended up being defeated 4-3 as the Blues flipped the game on its head.

A brace from Cole Palmer and goals from Jadon Sancho and Enzo Fernandez proved to be too much for Ange Postecoglou’s team, with Son Heung-min’s late goal being nothing more than a consolation.

Chelsea could have ended up going down to 10 men

Hackett told Football Insider the tackle was “nailed on” as a red card.

“I’m amazed that the answer that the authorities have given.

“The Premier League have said it wasn’t given because there ‘wasn’t sufficient force,’ well I disagree.

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“The Chelsea player is moving forward and he knows exactly what he’s done, he’s gone over the top.

“The law states ‘Endangering the safety of an opponent, that’s exactly what he’s done.’”

In other news, Marc Cucurella hits back at Chelsea fans in now-deleted Instagram post.

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