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Ref Watch: ‘Huth, Fellaini ban’
- Updated: May 2, 2016
Referee Michael Oliver was at the heart of several controversial moments as Leicester were made to wait for the Premier League title by a 1-1 draw with Manchester United on Super Sunday.
Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher joined Sky Sports News HQ on Monday morning to review the incidents in his regular Ref Watch feature.
Should Wayne Rooney have been sent off? Should Marouane Fellaini and Robert Huth get retrospective bans? And what about those penalty shouts? Read on for the expert verdict…
INCIDENT: Neither Robert Huth nor Marouane Fellaini are booked for their respective fouls on one another, including hair pulling and elbowing.
SCENARIO: Huth appears to pull the hair of Manchester United’s Fellaini as a corner is played in, before the latter aims an elbow towards the Leicester defender twice.
GALLAGHER’S VIEW: Retrospective FA action for both players.
GALLAGHER SAYS: “When you watch the incident, there’s no doubt that Robert Huth pulls Fellaini’s hair and he subsequently elbows him. The easiest one to talk about is the first one because it’s clearly an act of violent conduct and I don’t think there’s any doubt that the FA will charge him or ban him.
“I didn’t spot it until it was replayed later in the game so bearing in mind we’re watching the same game and I’m sat in the luxury of my seat at home, I can understand why a referee didn’t see it.
“The Huth incident is interesting as much as earlier in the season when two Morecambe players did a similar thing to Marcus Bean at Wycombe. They were subsequently charged for the same offence that Huth committed, they both admitted the offence and served a three match ban each so there is a precedence there.
“The FA can charge which they have the right to do, especially with the Fellaini one because there was an elbow and the first one because of what happened earlier in the season. They’ve already done it so I can’t see why they wouldn’t follow their procedure.”
INCIDENT: Leicester …
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