Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min suffered an injustice when he was shoved by Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Crack Dawson during a ball contest, receiving two slaps on the cheek, but no foul was called.
Tottenham Hotspur suffered a 1-2 reverse at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 12th round of the 2023-2024 English Premier League (EPL) at Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton, England, on Nov. 11 (9:30 p.m. ET).
Son Heung-min and Hwang Hee-chan started and played the entirety of the match for both sides, but were unable to record any offensive points.
Spurs took an early lead in the third minute of the first half when Robert Lewandowski’s clever left-footed ball in from the right was met by a low cross from Pedro Foro, which Brennan Johnson slotted home with his left foot in the box.
In the first minute of second-half stoppage time, substitute Pablo Sarabia ran onto Mateusz Cunha’s low left-footed cross from Wolverhampton’s left side, trapped it, and fired home with his left foot for a dramatic equalizer.
With six minutes of stoppage time, Mario Lemina stumbled over a low Wolverhampton cross from the right and slotted home with his right foot to give Wolverhampton a dramatic 2-1 comeback victory at the 6:36 mark of second-half stoppage time.
Five minutes into the second half, a controversial situation arose.
After receiving a pass from the left, Son Heung-min tried to break through on the dribble, but Wolverhampton’s central defender Crack Dawson was there to stop him, and Dawson panicked when Son Heung-min momentarily turned the ball over. 카지노사이트가이드
He reached out to block Son’s path and punched him in the face.
He fell to the ground, and Dawson pushed him to the ground again, trying to stop him, and then punched him in the face again.
Once with his left hand, and then again with his right hand as he was falling.
Obviously, a foul was called and at least a yellow card was given, but the referee didn’t say anything about it and the game continued.
In the third minute of second-half stoppage time, Dawson again caught up with Son on the left and completely blocked him as he tried to break through, bringing him down again.
The referee showed Dawson a yellow card as Son was in a lot of pain from the kick.
The referee didn’t even call a foul, let alone a warning, for hitting a player in the face, and only gave him a warning at the end of the game.
Even if it wasn’t Son Heung-min, the referee failed to protect the player, which is his duty.