Ah, from 81’ on, rather than to 81’.
Stunning considering they had 15/4 for the whole match.
It really is bewildering compared to how effective Slot’s 24/25 side was from August-January absolutely killing off games with dominating possession and building pressure.
Sky Sports doing a fluff piece on Frank asking him about his favourite Christmas bakes 
In amongst that, he said this
‘What I was surprised about looking at it afterwards was that nothing was expected on-field in terms of a red card. None of the players were asking for that.’
Right, which isn’t remotely consistent with the way you framed it.
Something to understand about the incident is that refs are instructed to resolve all other issues, including treatment for players’ injuries, before giving a red or yellow card. That meant there was a long break between the foul itself, and the point of which he would’ve been able to give the red card. He admitted it was the wrong decision to not come back to the red card and in explaining how he overlooked it pointed out that even our players had forgotten about it by that point. He’s saying “it was wrong, but it cannot be that egregious if there were no complaints in the moment”
I think the entire piece taken as a whole is an example of how refs generally make themselves look like tits when they speak publicly about their decisions. It is full of contradictions and bad explanations - VAR is great because ultimately the ref is still in charge, but don’t blame me over fucking up the Pickford red because sometimes this stuff is really complicated and everyone else had forgotten to come back to it as well. If he’s pointing the fingers somewhere, other than himself, it’s over the amount of things they had to resolve before he could give the card, which is why his praise of VAR and the way it is implemented is so incongruous with the situation that saw him forget to give a red card
It astonished me that Thomas Frank did not show the type of empathy towards his VdV challenge that broke Isak’s leg, coming from a team that suffered so many injuries last and this year. Spurs as a team better not cry when their players suffer more injuries and being kicked the lump out of them.
What a prick. Same goes for VdV. That is not even an apology.
Didn’t someone say never trust a person with two first names? 
https://x.com/faspokesperson/status/2003858349918495159?s=46&t=O2R85HWqOSca_i4tIONPLw
Hmm, what about the other egregious offenses committed by the Spud’s players? Raking on VvD’s back of the leg, breaking Isak leg, body checking Kerkez, pushing Eikitike’s face onto the ground?
The FA’s statement reads: “Tottenham Hotspur’s Cristian Romero has been charged following their Premier League match against Liverpool on Saturday 20 December.
“It’s alleged that he acted in an improper manner by failing to promptly leave the field of play and/or behaving in a confrontational and/or aggressive manner towards the match referee after being sent off in the 93rd minute. Cristian Romero has until Friday 2 January 2026 to respond.”