VAR's Mike Dean admits it was a mistake not to urge referee Anthony Taylor to go to the pitchside monitor after Cristian Romero pulled Mark Cucurella's hair .
Harry Kane's equalizer in injury time saw Tottenham draw him 2-2 against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
ButSpurs center back Romero was seen pulling Cucurella's frizzy hair for a dramatic late goal } - becomes a behavioral red card violation as defined by the rules.
But Dean, who turned off the whistle last season, remains an experienced eye in the VAR room and, after reviewing the incident, said it was an act of violence.
He told referee Taylor to continue play, then Kane scored a header to score the points for the visitors.
And Dean admittedthat it was his fault that Romero had not been punished. he said:
"Since then, after studying the footage, talking to the other referees, and deliberating, I should have asked Taylor to go to the pitchside monitor and observe himself.
}``The field umpire always has the final say.''
Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel made a decision after referee Taylor's performance. , was furious.
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And he says the blues game is no longer He is a 43-year-old Mancunian.
At the post-match press conference, an enraged Tuchel was asked if he would agree with Chelsea fans who did not want Taylor to attend the match.
He said: Not just fans. Players know what's going on on the pitch. They know it."
And he repeated the suggestion that his team would suspect Taylor. Saturday lunchtime he kicked off the day after the Spurs hosted the Wolves. , Leeds.
