Tottenham Hotspur boss Thomas Frank was furious after his side fell to a 2-1 loss at home to Liverpool on 20 December. Spurs saw Xavi Simons sent off on a video assistant referee (VAR) review for a challenge on Virgil van Dijk. Frank also felt Liverpool's second goal should have been ruled out for a push by Hugo Ekitike on Cristian Romero.
Tottenham Hotspur boss Thomas Frank was furious after his side fell to a 2-1 loss at home to Liverpool on 20 December.
Spurs saw Xavi Simons sent off on a video assistant referee (VAR) review for a challenge on Virgil van Dijk.
Frank also felt Liverpool's second goal should have been ruled out for a push by Hugo Ekitike on Cristian Romero.
Spurs captain Romero was then sent off for a second yellow card in stoppage time.
The Premier League's Key Match Incidents Panel delivered unanimous verdicts that the Simons red card and the Ekitike goal were both correct.
On the Ekitike incident, it stated "there's not enough contact for a foul, particularly given the high threshold for penalising contact".
Romero's second yellow card was supported 4-1.
Centre-back Micky van de Ven's attempted block on the shot for Alexander Isak's goal, which resulted in the Liverpool striker breaking his leg, was not deemed a red-card offence to be considered by the panel as a key match incident.
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