Why Chelsea star Tosin Adarabioyo wasn't sent off vs Liverpool after Arsenal red card repeat

Just less than 24 hours after William Saliba saw red for Arsenal, Chelsea's Tosin Adarabioyo may well have been sent off in a similar situation. This time against Liverpool, the defender brought down Diogo Jota, who was sprinting through on goal.

At Bournemouth, . It was judged that he had denied a clear goalscoring opportunity.

However, faced with a near identical scenario, John Brooks was not sent to the on-field monitor after Adarabioyo's collision. " Gary Neville explained on commentary.

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"So clumsy from Tosin. [Levi] Colwill is close to it as the ball moves away." Mike Dean, explaining why Chelsea weren't reduced to 10-men like their London rivals had been a day earlier, added, "There's too much doubt involved there, the ball is going towards the assistant referee.

"Completely different for me it's the right decision." , Adarabioyo had support from his surrounding teammates, and the ball came from a long pass further back on the pitch.

Arsenal, though, were left frustrated after seeing a man sent off for the third time this season. In all three games they have failed to win, and it stands as the only dropped points of the domestic campaign so far.

Former Premier League referee Mark Halsey believes the decision was harsh on Saliba and Arsenal. "I had major doubts over William Saliba’s red card and would have stayed with referee Rob Jones’ on-field decision of a caution," he wrote in The Sun.

"The Arsenal defender fouled Bournemouth striker Evanilson but was it a clear and obvious error for VAR to intervene? It’s a subjective decision, so I didn’t think VAR Jarred Gillett needed to get involved.

"For the denial of a goalscoring opportunity, we look at four key criteria. And I had doubts over three of those. The distance between the offence and the goal was lengthy, the general direction of play saw the ball coming across Evanilson and not in front of him and also the location and number of defenders was questionable.

"The likelihood of him keeping or gaining control of the ball would have probably been in the favour of the Cherries forward because David Raya was back-pedalling towards his own goal."