Chelsea supervisor Thomas Tuchel stated he was not impressed by VAR official Mike Dean’s late apology after his mistake led to Tottenham Hotspur’s late attract a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge final weekend.
After on-field referee Anthony Taylor failed to tug Christian Romero’s hair on Mark Cucurella, the dean this week admitted he ought to have requested Taylor to go to the referee overview space and examine a potential crimson card offence.
“On reflection, I should have told Taylor to go to his pitch-side monitor and take a look at himself. The referees on the field always have the final say,” Dean wrote in a column.
Tuchel stated he was stunned it took Dean so lengthy to confess his mistake.
“My concern is extra why it takes so lengthy. That will not change stuff, sadly, however the resolution is greater than only a dangerous resolution,” he informed reporters forward of a go to to Leeds United on Sunday.
“We can discuss endlessly, but this is a whole new level of error. And for a game so obvious and obvious mistake with such a huge consequence, it was very hard to accept and understand.”
Harry Kane’s equalizer precipitated a heated confrontation between Tuchel and reverse quantity Antonio Conte all through time, leading to a one-match touchline ban suspended and a £35,000 ($41,000) advantageous for the German.
“I would avoid it,” Tuchel stated. “It’s not a problem. It’s a little hard to accept in this context that it’s two minutes before someone on our team pulled his hair.”
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
