Highlights of eight Premier League games, including Tottenham v Liverpool.
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Cristian Romero would not have been sent off in Tottenham‘s 2-1 Premier League loss to Liverpool if referee John Brooks “did his job” properly, says Spurs manager Thomas Frank.
Tottenham were reduced to 10 men in the first half after a VAR intervention when Xavi Simons was dismissed for a foul on Virgil van Dijk.
However, the hosts fought back and reduced the deficit late on through substitute Richarlison.
Despite being a man down, Tottenham were well on top in stoppage time and chasing an equaliser when their captain Romero received a second yellow card for a petulant kick out at Ibrahima Konate.
Romero’s first booking came for dissent in the aftermath of Liverpool‘s second goal, with the Argentine feeling Hugo Ekitike had pushed him in the back as he headed in.
“There is a massive mistake by John [Brooks] on the pitch. Two hands on the back by Ekitike,” said Frank.
“I don’t understand how he didn’t see it. OK. Luckily we have VAR so they will bail you out when you need it, which they didn’t. That was the second mistake.
“I think if you go back to that [second Liverpool goal] and the referee did his job, then I think it would not have been a first yellow [for Romero]. Is that fair to say?
“I have a player that is extremely passionate, and if you have a passionate player then you need to go to the line sometimes.”
In a post on X, the Premier League match centre,, external said: “The referee’s call of goal for Liverpool was checked and confirmed by VAR – with it deemed there was normal contact for an aerial challenge between Ekitike and Romero.”
Spurs can take a number of positives from fighting back with a numerical disadvantage against last term’s champions, however the result leaves Frank’s side 13th in the table.
Tottenham‘s 11 home league defeats in 2025 are also their most in a calendar year – and the fact five of those have come under the Dane, who took over from Ange Postecoglou in the summer, will place further scrutiny over his reign.
Source: www.bbc.com
Tottenham head coach Thomas Frank said the officials made a “huge mistake” in allowing Hugo Ekitike’s goal for Liverpool to stand in Spurs’ 2-1 defeat.
Ekitike doubled Liverpool’s lead midway through the second half with a header after he towered above Tottenham captain Cristian Romero, but Frank said the striker put both hands into the back of the defender.
Sky Sports’ Gary Neville said “it is not a foul” on co-commentary, but Frank felt it was the worst decision made by the officials in a game that saw Spurs finish with nine men.
“That’s unbelievable, it’s a huge mistake,” Frank told Sky Sports. “I think there’s something about the red you can discuss and the two yellows that you can discuss in a lot of ways, but the second one is a huge mistake.”
Ekitike’s header proved to be the winner after Alexander Isak had put Liverpool ahead before Richarlison pulled one back late on to set up a grandstand finish.
Frank added: “It’s two hands in the back from Ekitike. I don’t understand how he (referee John Brooks) can’t see it.
“But luckily, we have VAR so they will bail you out when you need it – but they didn’t and that was the second mistake.”
Sky Sports’ Jamie Redknapp agreed that it was a foul on Romero. He said: “I can’t believe Romero hasn’t got a free-kick.
“The consequence of that is that he’s furious because it’s not been given as a foul, he runs after the referee and you can’t bump into the referee like that and gets himself a yellow card.
“It has a huge consequence later in the match.”
Romero was shown a second yellow in the 93rd minute for kicking out at Ibrahima Konate, who had fouled the centre-back in an aerial duel.
“I don’t know what happened with the first [yellow], I’ll ask the ref,” said Frank. “But with the second one, you understand the feeling in the game of two big boys competing, Konate going through Cuti. His foot is landing on Cuti’s head, but that’s not a yellow.
“There’s a little movement and you feel it in the sense that it’s very heated. That’s where you take a good decision.”
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Cristian Romero is shown a second yellow card for kicking out at Ibrahima Konate – resulting in a sending off and Spurs going down to nine men against Liverpool.
Tottenham were already a man down after Xavi Simons was shown a straight red card following a VAR check for his foul on Virgil van Dijk.
“I don’t like this as a red card,” said Frank. “It’s not reckless, it’s not that it’s coming with exceptional force, he’s chasing Van Dijk, he’s trying to put pressure and then he changes direction.
“Unfortunately, his foot is on his Achilles, and you would say, you need to be smarter, don’t do it and all that, so we’re not allowed to have physical contact anymore?
“The next thing on that, is you get three games [ban], which I don’t understand. How can you get three games on something that’s not reckless? That’s absolutely wrong. We probably can’t appeal that.”
Liverpool boss Arne Slot said: “I don’t think he had any intention to do it. But where he touches him from behind, the height, I think on the calf. Already a few times in games when other teams made fouls like it against us, it didn’t lead to a red card. But this time it did.
“So you always rely a little bit on who is the VAR and which decision makes a red card.”
Source: www.skysports.com
British light-welterweight Adam Azim will face Argentina’s Gustavo Lemos live on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer on 31 January at the Copper Box Arena in London.
It will be the second time in 20 years that professional boxing has been on primetime linear BBC television after Jeamie ‘TKV’ Tshikeva and Frazer Clarke launched the BBC’s partnership with Boxxer last month.
Azim v Lemos will feature an undercard led by unbeaten British bantamweight Francesca Hennessy.
She fights Ellie Boutell in a final eliminator for the WBC bantamweight title held by Cherneka Johnson.
Azim, 23, has won all 14 of his fights, with 11 coming by way of knockout, but is taking a step up as he looks to put himself into world title contention.
The light-welterweight was last in action on the undercard of Conor Benn’s victory over Chris Eubank Jr in November with a punch-perfect display against American Kurt Scoby.
Source: www.bbc.com
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Erling Haaland continues to motor along at better than a goal a game for Manchester City in the Premier League. His latest victim was West Ham on Saturday. The Norway striker scored in each half to move to 19 goals in 17 matches in this campaign and also set up Tijjani Reijnders’ goal in a 3-0 win at Etihad Stadium on Saturday. The victory lifted City into first place, a point ahead of Arsenal before the deposed leader’s match at Everton later Saturday. Haaland has 38 goals in a combined 28 games for club and country in what is shaping up to be the most prolific season of his career. Injury permitting, the season will end in him going to his first World Cup with Norway. His double gave him 104 in the Premier League, one more than Cristiano Ronaldo having played 122 games fewer. Haaland scored at the second attempt from Phil Foden’s cross to give City a fifth-minute lead and took advantage of a defensive mix-up to make it 3-0 in the 69th. In between, Haaland slipped a short pass to Reijnders, who took a touch and rifled a shot into the roof of the net in the 38th. Woltemade’s week What a difference a week made for Nick Woltemade. Last weekend, he scored an own-goal to consign Newcastle to a derby loss at fierce rival Sunderland. Six days later, he netted twice in the opening 20 minutes to give his team a fast start against Chelsea. Chelsea recovered, though, to draw 2-2 with Joao Pedro’s equalizer coming off a rare assist from a goalkeeper. Robert Sanchez smashed a long clearance up to Pedro, who headed the ball forward and ended up collecting it himself after Fabian Schar slipped. Pedro slotted a finish underneath Newcastle goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale to earn Chelsea a point in the 66th. “I wanted to give a good performance today and I think I did,” Woltemade said. “I just want to say thank you to the fans for still being good with me.” Reece James launched Chelsea’s fightback by curling a free kick in off the post after halftime. Chelsea stayed in fourth place and has won only one of its last five games in the league. Newcastle, one of England’s representatives in the Champions League this season, is languishing in midtable after one win in its last four games – and that was against next-to-last Burnley. Still winless Last-placed Wolverhampton remained without a win and on just two points after losing at home to Brentford 2-0. The latest defeat meant Wolves tied Sheffield United’s 2020-21 record of 17 games without a win from the start of a Premier League season. Keane Lewis-Potter scored both of Brentford’s goals in the second half. Semenyo’s worth Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo is reportedly a target of some of the Premier League’s biggest teams, including Man City and Manchester United. He underlined his worth by curling home his team’s goal in a 1-1 draw with Burnley, which ended its seven-match losing run on its tough return to the top flight. Armando Broja grabbed Burnley’s equalizer in the 90th. Sunderland is doing much better since promotion. A 0-0 draw at Brighton put the north-east team in fifth place. Remaining games There are three more games to be played on Saturday: Tottenham vs. Liverpool, followed by Everton vs. Arsenal and Leeds vs. Crystal Palace.
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