High, studs up and late... Kane should have seen red

Mark Clattenburg on the FIVE decisions that divided fans and pundits

DIOGO JOTA’S PENALTY SHOUT WRONG

THIS should have resulted in a penalty for Liverpool. Emerson Royal barges into the back of Diogo Jota and gets nothing of the ball. The covering defender meant Tottenham wouldn’t have been reduced to 10 men but Liverpool should have had a penalty.

DELE ALLI’S PENALTY SHOUT RIGHT

SOFT. Dele Alli went down wanting a penalty after sensing Trent AlexanderArnold behind him. Watching it back, it looks more like a dive. Alli’s legs are giving way before there’s any substantial contact on him. Tierney had a great view of this incident from behind and was right to wave play on.

ANDY ROBERTSON’S GOAL RIGHT

DID Mohamed Salah handle the ball? Yes, clearly, but that doesn’t matter. The rules changed as of this season to say that even if an accidental handball immediately precedes another player scoring, the goal will stand. It would only have been disallowed had it been Salah scoring himself. Last season this header by Robertson wouldn’t have stood because of what happened in the build-up. But the latest laws mean this had to stand.

ANDY ROBERTSON’S RED CARD RIGHT

IT WAS a fierce game at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, full of hot-blooded tackles, and this was a particularly angry challenge by Robertson on Royal. It was worthy of a red, but then Kane’s indiscretion earlier in the game was worse. Where’s the consistency? How can VAR tell Tierney to look at this incident but not the one involving Kane?