Should Van de Ven have been sent off for Isak tackle?

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Or was there a case for a red card to Van de Ven? It is important to look at how Van de Ven makes the challenge, and also how Isak comes to sustain the injury.As Isak releases the shot, Van de Ven slides in to try to make a block.Crucially, it is Isak's shooting foot that gets injured after he plants it.

The foot lands between Van de Ven's legs, and that is how the Sweden striker's injury appears to happen.Had Van de Ven gone through Isak's standing foot or tackled his opponent directly this would have been a different discussion.But Van de Ven goes to make a block into the space in front of Isak. Why Simons was sent off and Garnacho escapedTottenham boss Thomas Frank was not happy with several decisions which went against his side in Saturday's 2-1 home loss.Xavi Simons was sent off after catching Virgil van Dijk on the back of the calf as he closed down the Liverpool defender.Referee John Brooks had only shown a yellow card, but was sent to the pitchside monitor by the VAR Stuart Attwell.Frank said "the game is gone if that's a red card".

On Match of the Day, Joe Hart said: "That is such a dangerous tackle, he's caught him on the back of the Achilles, it's absolutely a red card."Referees' chief Howard Webb last season made it clear this kind of challenge should lead to a VAR review.His comments came after Leicester City's Wilfred Ndidi was not sent off after raking his studs down the calf of Chelsea's Cole Palmer in an incident which was similar to Simons on Van Dijk.Webb said of Ndidi's foul: "We've looked at this collectively, among the officials, talked about this, and we would prefer this to be dealt with with a red card. Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Alejandro Garnacho received his first yellow card of the season for his foul on Jacob RamseyShould Ekitike's goal have been ruled out for a foul on Romero?If Frank was annoyed about the Simons red, he was even more angry about Liverpool's second goal.Jeremie Frimpong's cross took a slight deflection, and Huge Ekitike rose above Cristian Romero to head home."There is a massive mistake by John [Brooks] on the pitch.