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The Premier League has explained why Cristian Romero was handed a yellow card instead of a red during Tottenham's clash with Brentford on Saturday.
The Spurs captain found his way into Rob Jones' book 31 minutes into the match at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as a result of clumsily fouling Igor Thiago from behind. However, due to the nature of the challenge, VAR briefly put the game on hold as they examined the footage further for a "dangerous" tackle.
In the end, Jones' decision to hand the Argentine defender a yellow rather than a straight red proved correct, with officials upstairs dubbing the tackle as "reckless."
Taking to X to clear up the decision, the Premier League Match Centre wrote: "The referee’s call of yellow card to Romero was checked and confirmed by VAR – with it deemed a reckless challenge."
It comes as Romero was the hero for the Lilywhites during Tuesday evening's match against Newcastle United at St James' Park on Tuesday evening.
After a goalless first-half, Bruno Guimaraes opened the scoring for the hosts with a pinpoint curler into the side-netting early into the second period.
Thankfully for the visitors, Romero was quick to square matters, getting the better of Dan Burn in the Magpies' area with a diving header to meet Mohammed Kudus' cross.
Newcastle were then awarded a penalty as a result of Rodrigo Bentancur holding Burn during a corner up the other end of the pitch, with Anthony Gordon stepping up to clinically convert.
While Newcastle then looked to run out 2-1 winners on home soil, fate had other plans for the match. That's because Romero clawed back a point for Spurs late into stoppage time with an acrobatic bicycle kick, which bobbled and bumbled past a floundering Aaron Ramsdale.
It comes as Spurs head into the second-half of their clash with Brentford with a 2-0 advantage over the Bees thanks to goals from Richarlison and Xavi Simons.
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