Premier League release statement on Bruno Fernandes red card as Man Utd left furious

Bruno Fernandes was sent disconnected successful the first-half of Manchester United's dreadful decision to Tottenham aft referee Chris Kavanagh took a dim presumption of the midfielder's tackle connected James Maddison

Bruno Fernandes was sent disconnected against Spurs aft being judged to person committed superior foul play contempt slipping arsenic helium tackled James Maddison.

Maddison was bringing the shot guardant from his ain fractional erstwhile Manchester United skipper Fernandes went to tackle him. As helium did so, the midfielder slipped, though helium did bring his limb up to clash with Maddison's knee.

Referee Chris Kavanagh issued a consecutive reddish card, which VAR Peter Bankes confirmed arsenic being the close call. Fernandes and his United team-mates were near furious though and surrounded Kavanagh to protest.

The United skipper yet did permission the transportation and caput down the tunnel, with his squad fgoing connected to beryllium smashed 3-0. And soon aft Fernandes near the pitch, the Premier League Match Centre revealed wherefore the midfielder had seen red.

They said successful a statement: "The referee issued a reddish paper to Fernandes for a situation connected Maddison. The VAR checked and confirmed the referee’s telephone of superior foul play."

According to the FA's rulebook, superior foul play is defined arsenic being: "A tackle oregon situation that endangers the information of an hostile oregon uses excessive unit oregon brutality indispensable beryllium sanctioned arsenic superior foul play.

"Any subordinate who lunges astatine an hostile successful challenging for the shot from the front, from the broadside oregon from down utilizing 1 oregon some legs, with excessive unit oregon endangers the information of an hostile is blameworthy of superior foul play."

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Following Fernandes' reddish card, legendard United skipper Gary Neville slammed the midfielder. He insisted that contempt the slip, Fernandes could person nary statement with being sent off.

“It conscionable sums up Manchester United successful this archetypal half, to beryllium just they’ve been an implicit disgrace. It’s 1 of the worst performances I’ve seen successful Erik 10 Hag’s clip astatine Manchester United and that’s saying something," helium told Sky Sports.

“It’s been truly bad. And helium volition not beryllium capable to judge what he’s watched. I’m not talking patterns of play, I’m talking exertion to a shot match. And now, his skipper sent off.

"When players respond similar that, it means thing has gone connected that we haven't seen initially. He's gone genu precocious Bruno Fernandes. I deliberation helium slips conscionable earlier the tackle but he's not going to get distant with it."

Not everyone agreed with Neville though, arsenic erstwhile Spurs prima Jamie Redknapp insisted it was the incorrect call. Redknapp suggested a yellowish paper would person been a much due punishment.

He told Sky Sports: "He slips arsenic helium comes successful to effort to triumph the challenge. It’s petty, it was a spot petulant. He sticks retired his close leg. When you really spot it successful dilatory motion, his feet spell nether him and helium conscionable sticks retired his leg, I deliberation it’s a yellowish card."

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