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Why Dominic Calvert-Lewin Escaped Red Card for ‘Hair Pull’ Which Burned Lisandro Martinez
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Why Dominic Calvert-Lewin Escaped Red Card for ‘Hair Pull’ Which Burned Lisandro Martinez

SI·Jamie Spencer·about 1 month ago
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Dominic Calvert-Lewin escaped any punishment for an apparent hair pull on Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella in Sunday’s FA Cup semifinal, just under two weeks after the Leeds United striker had been on the receiving end of a similar incident at the hand of Manchester United’s Lisandro Martínez. Martínez was given a red card for what seemed to be a light tug of Calvert-Lewin’s man bun during the Premier League clash at Old Trafford that finished in a Leeds win. The incident was flagged by VAR, with the Argentine defender dismissed and issued an automatic three-match suspension. Only two days before the Chelsea -Leeds semi at Wembley, a regulatory commission acting on behalf of the FA produced written reasons as to why Martínez’s appeal was denied. There was an irony that it was Calvert-Lewin who was involved in another potential hair-pulling incident in a high-profile match, this time as the perpetrator.…

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