Chelsea are well on top against Newcastle at St James’ Park, and the home team are doing all they can to slow us down.
It started with time wasting – from about the 20th minute onwards, and now it’s progressed to bad fouls.
Callum Wilson got away with a couple, and clearly sensing a lenient referee, the Magpies only ramped up the action. Isaac Hayden then slashed in on Andreas Christensen – it was a little forceful, a little high and a little late, but clearly not quite enough of any of them to warrant a red.
Fans on social media couldn’t believe he’d got away with it. “How’s that not a red?” asked one, and the sentiment was echoed across the Twittersphere.
They’ve got a few players walking tightropes now, but unless the referee actually bites the bullet and sends one off, that’s not much good to us.
You can see a selection of their reaction in the Tweets embedded here:
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