🚨🎙️ Rio Ferdinand speaks on the inconsistency of refereeing in the Premier League:
🗣️ “This is exactly what frustrates everyone about officiating right now. Lisandro Martínez barely touches Calvert Lewin’s hair and VAR steps in — red card, game changed.
Today, in the Brentford vs Fulham match, Bassey’s hair is clearly pulled — nothing. No foul, no yellow, not even a VAR check.
How can players understand the rules when the same action gets two completely different outcomes? One is called violent conduct, the other isn’t even a foul. That’s not consistency, that’s confusion.
Manchester United are now going to Stamford Bridge without some of their key defenders. If they lose tonight, people will talk about performance, but this started with bad officiating in the Premier League.
Either both are red cards, or neither is. You cannot punish one and ignore the other. Right now, it just looks like the rules change depending on the game — and if United drop points tonight, the FA has to take responsibility for putting them in this situation.”