Former Premier League striker and BBC pundit Alan Shearer has slammed the officiating throughout the Southampton vs Leicester Metropolis recreation on Saturday.
The sport was a 5 objective thriller which noticed Leicester come again from 2 objectives all the way down to win 3-2. Cameron Archer gave the Saints the lead inside 10 minutes, earlier than Joe Aribo made it 2-0 simply across the 30-minute mark.
Facundo Buonanotte obtained the Foxes again into the sport within the second half and ten minutes later, they had been awarded a penalty after Ryan Fraser fouled Vardy, which the VAR thought was denying a goal-scoring alternative. Fraser obtained despatched off and the Leicester striker, who might retire on the finish of this season, buried the penalty to make it 2-2.
Leicester Metropolis accomplished the turnaround proper on the dying, with Jordan Ayew scoring the winner within the 98th minute of the sport.
Alan Shearer slams Anthony Taylor’s officiating throughout Southampton vs Leicester Metropolis
Alan Shearer criticised the officiating throughout the recreation, suggesting that Saints ought to have been awarded a penalty as effectively.
The incident in query was when Paul Onuachu was gave the impression to be fouled by the Leicester participant, who held on to him for a number of seconds. Shearer didn’t maintain again of his criticism of Anthony Taylor’s determination.
When requested on MOTD if Saints ought to have had a penalty, he mentioned (as quoted by Each day Echo):
“Completely…the phrase we’re listening to is Anthony Taylor noticed the holding, but it surely was with no consequence.”
“It was deemed he was not impacting play. He’s obtained maintain of him for about 5 seconds, which implies he must be impacting play. There must be a consequence.”
“If he’s not holding him there’s each probability he’s going to problem for that ball, he might even get there earlier than the keeper. I feel that’s a very poor determination by the referee and VAR.”
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