‘The game is gone’: Thomas Frank fumes over VAR decisions in Spurs loss

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He cut an animated figure on the touchline as Simons departed, and said later that John Brooks’ original decision should have stood.“I don’t like those types of red card because I think the game is gone if that’s a red card,” he told the BBC soon after the game finished. “I don’t think it’s a reckless tackle.

I don’t think it’s exceptional force. We have the referee’s call and that was a yellow, so that’s why I don’t think that’s a red.”John Brooks sent off Xavi Simons for serious foul play after consulting the pitchside monitor.

“I don’t think it’s a second yellow when you feel the game,” he said.Tottenham sit 13th and have lost 11 times at home in the league in 2025, a club record. “I think it’s never been as bad as people said but it’s also true that we are definitely not perfect yet.