Mark Clattenburg says referee missed red card during Spurs 5-1 Newcastle - Watch incident here
Former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg believes a 'very clear' red card incident was missed during our dismal 5-1 defeat at Spurs on Sunday afternoon.
He feels Rodrigo Bentancur was extremely lucky to stay on the pitch after an off the ball clash with Allan Saint-Maximin saw the Spurs midfielder throw an 'attempted head butt' towards the Frenchman.
Clattenburg admits that no contact was made, but is certain that the 'intent was there' - meaning VAR officials should've asked Martin Atkinson to take a closer look at the incident on the pitch-side monitor.
Watch the incident below, followed by what Clattenburg has wrote in his latest column:
This isn't the first time VAR have totally ignored what would normally be deemed a red card offence by the letter of the law.
Remember Havertz's elbow on Dan Burn and Emi Martinez wiping out Callum Wilson with a high tackle at Villa Park?
Based on our second half display, we may have still lost yesterday against 10-men - we were that bad - but it would be nice to get some consistency from VAR; a system that could work in principle but seems to be operated so poorly by those in charge.
