Tommy Martin: Hearing from refs might silence lunatic fringe
SILENCE THE CRITICS: Referee Jarred Gillett shows a red card to Newcastle United's Kieran Trippier for a foul on Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne before a VAR check later downgrades it to a yellow. Photo: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire.
As if he hasn’t enough to be worrying about, Thomas Tuchel has found himself in bother with the disciplinary beaks at the English FA. They have charged the Chelsea boss with ‘improper conduct’ for his comments about referee Anthony Taylor after his team’s 2-2 draw with Tottenham.
Taylor had, by the estimation of most Chelsea fans, ridden the Blues rotten. They reckon he missed a foul and an offside before Tottenham’s first goal and wasn’t told by his VAR sidekick, Mike Dean, to check the screen for a yank by Spurs’ defender Cristian Romero on the lustrous barnet of Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella prior to the second.
