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PGMOL issue statement explaining why Lisandro Martinez wasn’t sent off for lunge on Cole Palmer

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Updated 19:06 3 Nov 2024 GMTPublished 19:00 3 Nov 2024 GMT

PGMOL issue statement explaining why Lisandro Martinez wasn’t sent off for lunge on Cole Palmer

It was one of the big talking points from Sunday's game between Man Utd and Chelsea.

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare

The PGMOL – the refereeing body of English football – has explained why Lisandro Martinez avoided a red card for his challenge on Cole Palmer during Sunday's clash between Manchester United and Chelsea.

A rare moment of quality from Moises Caicedo cancelled out Bruno Fernandes' penalty as visitors Chelsea secured a hard-fought point to climb above Arsenal in the Premier League table.

It was a far-from-memorable game in Manchester but one of the big talking points came in stoppage time, when referee Robert Jones was met with an awkward decision to make.

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With a minute remaining, United defender Lisandro Martinez caught Cole Palmer on the knee with his studs high. VAR Michael Salisbury proceeded to review the incident but to the surprise of many, he did not upgrade the booking to a red.

After the incident, the Premier League Match Centre released a statement on the incident.

"The referee issued a yellow card to Martinez for a challenge on Palmer," they said. "VAR checked for a potential red card and confirmed the referee’s call of no red card, deeming that it was a reckless challenge and not serious foul play."

Roy Keane, meanwhile, said Martinez was "very lucky" to stay on the pitch.

Here's how fans on social media reacted to Martinez's challenge on Palmer.

One said: "How did Lisandro Martínez escape a red card here? The inconsistency in this league is baffling," while another wrote: "How did he get away with it?"

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A third commented: "Lisandro Martínez’s biggest asset as a player: Avoiding red cards that in literally any other scenario would be a straight expulsion."

A fourth wrote: "Lisandro Martínez should've been shown a straight red," and a fifth added: "It’s the same as Bruno’s against Spurs that wasn’t a red now all of a sudden they’re campaigning for it to be a red."

Thoughts on the incident? Should Martinez have seen red? Let us know in the comments.

Featured Image Credit: Sky Sports Premier League

Topics: Premier League, Manchester United, Lisandro Martinez, Chelsea, Cole Palmer

Jack Kenmare
Jack Kenmare

Jack is a Senior Journalist who enjoys a long read. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of Football Manager wonderkids from 2005 to the present day, and has interviewed a handful of FM's finest, including Freddy Adu, Supat Rungratsamee and Mika Aaritalo.

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