Cristian Romero should have been sent off for hair-pull on Marc Cucurella

Thomas Tuchel was fortunate to be on the touchline at full-time. However, he did have a case with his complaints over Cristian Romero’s hair-pull on Marc Cucurella.

Pulling hair is violent conduct and Spurs were lucky that VAR did not instruct Anthony Taylor to go to the pitchside monitor. For me, there was enough force for an offence. Romero and Cucurella were clearly tussling from a corner once it had been taken, so the Tottenham Hotspur man was tugging hair once the ball was in play. Consequently, if violent conduct had been identified, Romero would have been sent off and Chelsea awarded a free-kick, almost certainly giving them a 2-1 victory.

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