Why was Yehor Yarmolyuk sent off and why didn’t Liverpool get a penalty?

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Brentford midfielder Yehor Yarmolyuk was sent off for violent conduct towards Liverpool defender Jeremy Jacquet in the box. Yehor Yarmolyuk was sent off following a VAR review after moving his head towards Jeremy Jacquet (PA)But the hosts were reduced to 10 men after Jacquet went down in the box holding his face and referee John Brooks was sent to the pitch-side monitor by the VAR.

After watching replays of the incident, Brooks decided that Yarmolyuk had committed violent conduct when he moved his head towards Jacquet’s. A similar incident took place last week at Old Trafford when Rodrigo Bentancur moved his head towards Luke Shaw’s face and the Tottenham midfielder was also sent off.

Referee John Brooks gestures to his head before showing a red card to Yehor Yarmolyuk of Brentford (Getty)Jeremy Jacquet of Liverpool reacts after clashing with Yehor Yarmolyuk of Brentford (Getty)Brooks announced on the pitch that Yarmolyuk had been sent off for a “headbutt action” but that it would remain a Liverpool corner. The incident was the second VAR intervention of the match after Brooks awarded Liverpool a penalty, only to overturn his decision at the pitch-side monitor.Meanwhile, Dominik Szoboszlai’s return from injury lasted just 32 minutes as the influential midfielder was forced off after for what appeared to be a recurrence of the issue.