‘Games gone’ – Joey Barton gives opinion on Robertson’s red card against Spurs

Joey Barton has claimed on Twitter that Andy Robertson did not deserve to be sent off for his challenge in Sunday’s 2-2 draw against Tottenham.  The Liverpool left-back was shown a red card on 77 minutes following a reckless challenge on Emerson Royal moments after Tottenham levelled the match through Heung-min Son.  The Scotland international […]

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Joey Barton has claimed on Twitter that Andy Robertson did not deserve to be sent off for his challenge in Sunday’s 2-2 draw against Tottenham. 

The Liverpool left-back was shown a red card on 77 minutes following a reckless challenge on Emerson Royal moments after Tottenham levelled the match through Heung-min Son. 

The Scotland international was initially shown a yellow by referee Paul Tierney, before a decision to upgrade the card was made after consulting the pitch-side VAR monitor. 

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp cut a frustrated figure at full-time and told Tierney he only has a problem with him and was incensed with some of the officiating against his side during the encounter in North London. 

However, the decision to issue Robertson a red card has not sat well with former Newcastle and Manchester City midfielder Barton either, who believes it was ‘just a tackle’ and wasn’t worthy of a sending off. 

Never a red for Roberson. The games gone. No endangerment of opposition player. Just a tackle.

— Joey Barton (@Joey7Barton) December 19, 2021

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It isn’t surprising that Barton, a notoriously rough player in his playing days, believes Robertson didn’t deserve to be shown a red card on Sunday.

The fact is he was reckless in his challenge and kicked Emerson at full force, so that didn’t exactly give the referee much choice. 

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