Brobbey Should Have Been Sent Off V Spurs - Panel

Brian Brobbey should person been sent disconnected successful Sunderland's caller triumph against Tottenham, nan Premier League's cardinal lucifer incidents (KMI) sheet has ruled.

In nan 63rd infinitesimal of nan 12 April fixture, conscionable aft Sunderland had taken nan lead astatine nan Stadium of Light done Nordi Mukiele, location guardant Brobbey chased a shot done nan centre pinch Cristian Romero.

Tottenham defender Romero slowed down to shield nan shot into nan gloves of goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky, but he was nudged successful nan backmost by Brobbey.

Romero collided pinch Kinsky, suffering a season-ending knee injury successful nan process.

Referee Rob Jones gave a foul against Brobbey, who had already been booked aft a first-half altercation pinch Pedro Porro, but opted not to show a 2nd yellowish paper and consequent red.

The KMI sheet voted 3:2 that nan determination by Jones was a mistake, pinch nan mostly position being that "there is simply a two-handed push which is an unnecessarily reckless action".

Tottenham, who lost nan crippled 1-0, would person played nan last 30 minutes against 10 men if Brobbey had been dismissed.

Netherlands world Brobbey received racist maltreatment connected societal media pursuing nan game, pinch Sunderland reporting nan targeting of their subordinate to nan Premier League, societal media platforms and nan police.

KMI sheet statistic show that Jones has been responsible for 5 of nan 12 errors this play regarding 2nd yellowish cards not being shown. All of his mistakes should person resulted successful reddish cards.

The different cases listed to impact Jones are Malick Thiaw (Newcastle astatine Bournemouth), Ruben Dias (Manchester City astatine Nottingham Forest), Rodri (Manchester City astatine Tottenham) and Cole Palmer (Chelsea v Leeds United).

Jones has nan joint-most errors connected 2nd bookings successful nan past 2 individual seasons, pinch 3 recorded successful 2024-25 and 2 successful 2023-24.

Of 42 cases regarded arsenic mistakes crossed nan 3 campaigns, Jones has made 10 of them.

Starting from adjacent season, nan video adjunct referee will beryllium capable to reappraisal reddish cards resulting from 2 yellows, but they will not beryllium capable to look astatine missed 2nd cautions.