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Manchester City Centre-back Abdukodir Khusanov was lucky not to receive a red card on his team debut Carabao Cup quarter-final clash with Brentford Wednesday night.
In the 16th minute, he came on quickly and cleared forward Kevin Schade after the German had cleared, but the referee decided to show only a yellow.
Brentford’s players gathered around referee Sam Barrot and pleaded for the Uzbekistani to be sent off, but England stood firm and stuck to their decision.,
Manager Keith Andrews said, “It was a big moment.” “I’m very quick to defend officers. I’ve never been implicated in any matters during my tenure, but I think they didn’t do the right thing tonight and the explanation for this being so far off target doesn’t fit.”
Former Man City defender Andy Hinchcliffe said on Sky Sports commentary: “He was on goal, he would have got a shot, it’s a chance to score.
“I can understand why Brentford are unhappy. He was on goal and was taken out. No covering defender was going to stop him.”
According to the Laws of the Game, according to Law 12 of IFAB’s rulebook, Khusanov committed a red card offense because he “deprived the opposing team of a goal or a clear goal-scoring opportunity”.
Typically, such a clear and obvious error on the part of the referee will be referred to VAR.
However, there is no VAR in the Carabao Cup until the semi-finals – the next round – due to the fact that the technology is only available at Premier League venues.
league aside cardiff city They were still in competition for the last eight and thus would not be able to use VAR, with the stipulation ensuring equal opportunities in all ties. They were eliminated by Chelsea on Tuesday.
Yet the lack of VAR was a saving grace for City as they avoided going down a man at a crucial moment of the game.
The host team later took the lead in the 32nd minute with the help of a brilliant goal from Ryan Cherki.