Gary Lineker slams John Duran after a controversial Aston Villa photo was revealed on Match of the Day.
Awkward scenes have emerged on Match of the Day following a controversial incident involving Aston Villa striker John Duran during Saturday’s (December 30) match against Burnley.
Speaking on BBC Football Highlights (6.42pm), presenter Gary Lineker criticized the 20-year-old for diving after winning a late penalty against the Clarets at Villa Park.
But pundit Dion Dublin believes former Villa Academy player Aaron Ramsey was contacted about the Colombia international before Douglas Luiz scored in his side’s 3-2 win.
It was a tense afternoon. The Villans took the lead twice in the first half through Leon Bailey and Moussa Diaby, before Zeki Amdouni and Lyle Foster equalized for the visitors.
Vincent Kompany’s side played with 10 men for most of the second half before Duran was awarded an 89th-minute penalty after Sander Berge was sent off, a decision that knocked Dublin out of the Match of the Day.
The expert said: “There is a slight bump on the sole of the foot.” “Ramsey kicked ass.” Yes it is.
It’s not really that bad. Is it enough to take it down? He puts his foot down after completing the shot.
“Do you think VAR looks at these things? Do you think the referee is encouraging this kind of diving, which I know he did now? asked Lineker. “
I mean, that happened, right?” I feel a light touch and it goes down.”What we’re hearing now is what are you going to do if you don’t go down and let the referee decide?”
Dublin has been added. As seen on Match of the Day, there was no doubt that Ramsey made contact with Duran when he sniffed the ball from the Burnley midfielder.
The contact with the Colombian wasn’t the greatest, but sometimes just the slightest touch can cause a player to lose his balance and fall.
Was it enough to send him to the ground? This can be contested, but if he had stood up he would not have been punished.
However, Duran was not injured in the incident. His reaction, when he turned to the referee immediately after the challenge, suggests he was trying to make it worse than before.
However, it is important to note in this incident that the decision was taken directly by the referee, as many interested parties have recently complained about the intervention of the video assistants, not the intervention of the VAR.
There will never be a call that they overturn because it wasn’t a clear and obvious foul due to contact with Duran’s leg.
Burnley can understand that it was a relatively minor penalty, but after several decisions this season any manager would surely be disappointed not to be awarded a penalty on this occasion. .
Villa will be delighted that things are going in their favor this time as they are level with Liverpool at the top of the Premier League with these vital three points.
