The decision to award a red card when Leeds United’s Pascal Struijk challenged Liverpool’s Harvey Elliott during the weekend’s Premier League fixture between the two sides has been the cause of much debate.
A suggestion that the card was produced by the official simply on the strength of the teenager’s subsequent injury isn’t without foundation.
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After Leeds’ appeal against the sanction was turned down by the FA, however, talkSPORT’s Ally McCoist didn’t hold back in his condemnation of the game’s governing body.
? “It’s scandalous, shocking decision.”
???? “I’m not surprised… It just shows you they [The FA] are bampots.”
? “Anyone with any intelligence would see there was no malice in it!”
Ally McCoist slams The FA for upholding the red card shown to #LUFC’s Struijk. pic.twitter.com/fAXr8unGyG
— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) September 15, 2021