The Premier League\u2019s Key Match Incidents Panel has ruled that Ryan Gravenberch\u2019s red card against Manchester City was correctly given earlier this month.<\/p>\n
At the moment of the dismissal, the match was level at 0-0. City then made the extra man count almost immediately, with Erling Haaland putting them ahead three minutes later. By the time Liverpool had lost the Dutch midfielder, City had scored three times inside 16 minutes.<\/p>\n
There was frustration from a Liverpool point of view, however, because the first yellow card shown to Gravenberch was viewed as severe. It was also described by Andoni Iraola as \u201cnot a yellow\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Elliot] Anderson carries on a couple of steps [before falling]. [The referee] wasn\u2019t even going to give a foul. I\u2019ve no idea why he gives a yellow card. We have like nine players behind the ball,\u201d the frustrated Liverpool manager told Sky Sports after the final whistle.<\/p>\n
According to BBC Sport, the panel considered both yellow cards when reviewing the dismissal, as required under protocol. The vote was 4:1 in support of the officials. The single dissenting view was that the foul on Anderson should not have produced the first booking. Once that yellow had been awarded, though, the panel was unanimous in backing the VAR decision not to intervene after the second caution brought about the red.<\/p>\n
The decision carries no practical punishment beyond confirming the officials were correct. Gravenberch has already completed the one-match suspension attached to the red, missing last weekend\u2019s trip to Brentford. Liverpool won that game without him, helped by two Brentford red cards after falling behind in the first half.<\/p>\n
Had the panel reached the opposite conclusion, the only outcome would have been an acknowledgement of the error and a promise to improve. Match officials could also have been left out of duty for a week. That did not happen here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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