Morning all. Following the injury to Liverpool's Harvey Elliot at the weekend, there's a growing focus on how players in the Premier League are being allowed to make tackles we thought had been a thing of the past. The one below, for example, is an absolute classic of the ‘If that was Granit Xhaka ..' genre: I don’t care who it is How is this not a free kick and a yellow card needs sorting this pic.twitter.com/NsvOtbABwP — Matty Alley (@AlleyMatty) September 13, 2021 There's no doubt in my mind that if it's Xhaka, it's at least a yellow. As it was, James Tarkowski was not booked, and that challenge didn't even warrant a booking according to … *checks notes* …...
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