After the draw with Southampton, Conte became the first Tottenham manager in history to remain unbeaten in the first seven league games. However, Conte was not happy, but mocked the referee Anthony Taylor's enforcement. Although Taylor was sent off for Saints defender Salisu with a red card, he also cancelled three goals from Tottenham, and his penalty also caused great controversy.
So, should Tottenham's 3 goals be cancelled?
Tottenham's first cancelled goal came in the 14th minute, when Ben Davis' header was broken, but he was clearly offside and the penalty was not controversial. The first key penalty of the game came in the 41st minute, when Son Heung-min burst into the box and was tripped by Sullisu behind him, the referee showed Salisu a second yellow card, and Salisu left the field red.
The decision was not controversial, with Southampton boss Hasenhüttel saying after the game, "We have told Salisu that he doesn't need to tackle the ball and he can let the goalkeeper strike. ”
It is worth mentioning that in the last three Premier League games, Tottenham's opponents have been sent off, namely Robertson, Zaha and Salisu, which is the first time since West Ham in October 2015 that a similar situation has occurred in the Premier League.
With the equaliser before the end of the first half and the opponent sent off by one player, Spurs should have successfully completed the reversal. They did score 2 goals in the second half, but 2 goals were cancelled.
In the 54th minute of the match, after receiving a direct thrust from Winks, Kane burst into the box and fired a low shot. However, just as Kane was frantically celebrating with his teammates, the video assistant referee informed the referee that Kane was offside.
Judging from the line drawn by the video assistant referee, Kane's offside is between millimeters, and Sky Sports reporter Jamie O'Hara pointed out for the first time, "Winks's pass is beautiful, but Kane is in an offside position, which is really between millimeters." In other words, it's another body hair-level offside.
The third and final controversy of the game came in the 67th minute, when Foster struck the air and the ball bounced off his heels into the net. However, Taylor quickly whistled to signal the goal in vain, believing that Doherty had charged Foster.
It was a controversial decision, with O'Hara commenting, "Tottenham were so unlucky, the two goals that were cancelled were very controversial. I think the goalkeeper was too much protected, the referee whistled too early and he should have let the video assistant referee intervene to decide the penalty. ”
Clattenburg, a former Premier League star, analyzed, "To me, it's like two players bumping into each other. Once Taylor makes a decision, the video assistant referee cannot intervene in the penalty. However, I don't see what Doherty did wrong. ”
"It was Foster who crashed into him and I think the goal should be valid. However, after Taylor made his decision, the video assistant referee could no longer intervene. ”
Southampton star Benally also believed that the referee had misjudged, "Why did Foster not hold the ball at the top point, but wanted to hold the ball in front of his chest." I don't think Doherty fouled up and the referee could easily make a decision against Southampton. ”
Holland also said, "I think the goalkeeper made a mistake and he has a big advantage against a pass like this. Doherty did hit him, but the contact was slight. ”
Speaking about the two goals that were blown off after the game, Conte said, "Kane scored two goals, one was a penalty and then a second, but I don't want to comment on the VAR or the referee's decision. I don't want to argue, it's not right to do that. They should do their best, and I want them to make the best decision every time. ”
In contrast to the implicit Conte, Tottenham fans angrily pointed the finger at the attitude, "We were robbed, Kane was robbed." ”