article_snippet: The red card was justifiable and the challenge was a bone-headedly stupid one to make in the first minute.
article_snippet: 3 blew up for a foul from where Dawson had made the initial challenge.
article_snippet: In one year the Premier League has now seen three cases of the wrong man being sent off.
article_snippet: Either referees are getting worse, or the game is getting immeasurably faster.
article_snippet: And with rugby’s Six Nations tournament reaching a climax yesterday, you longed for a brief pause in which the referee could consult a fourth official who could adjudicate on the red card – a fourth official who could adjudicate on the red card –
article_snippet: would have probably concurred – and then ensure the wrong man being sent off is sent off.
article_snippet: Tony Pulis 5 naturally agreed with that, arguing managers should have the ability to challenge two decisions in a match, citing the fact that in other games Dawson’s challenge might have gone unpunished.
article_snippet: Then The chance doesn’t depend on the referee –