Did Frank Lampard Deserve a Red For This Tackle?

Absolutely a red card! Getting to the ball first is irrelevent. The other player is lucky his leg was not broken.

Cleats up, off the ground. It's a challenge that endangers the safety of the opponent. If you can't make a safe challenge then you DON'T challenge. You can blame the referee but the Laws and his Training from FIFA camps tell him this is ALWAYS a Red Card. I don't know about the other incidents maybe he didn't see them ect, who knows. But this one he saw and he punished correctly according to the Laws of the Game and FIFA Training.

I think it was a red card, because he's sliding in, studs up, most importantly with his foot off the ground in a 50/50. He got to the ball first because he went in dangerously, otherwise he'd be nowhere near it.

The difference between Lamps and Gerrard's tackles is simple, Gerrard's was studs up but was on the ground, which is a legal tackle, worthy of a yellow if mistimed.

Bosingwa's moment of stupidity didn't look dangerous in my opinion, looked like a yellow card to me - but if he doesn't shave or pluck the middle of his monobrow soon I think the FA should pull him up on grooming standards.

Absolutely a red. Clearly Serious Foul Play with Studs Up. The fact that the other players foot was swinging through (which prevented the studs up from being worse) doesn't take away from Lampard's SFP.

absolutely not.

According to Sky Sports, Lampard won his appeal.

I think Lampard deserved AT LEAST a yellow. When you leave your foot in like that, it's dangerous play. Strikers do it all the time against full-backs who are trying to clear the ball, and it's really dangerous.

The other guy is kicking through the ball with all his might. If he kicks into another player's studs, it can easily break a bone in their foot.

The craziest non-sending-off of the weekend was Shaun Wright-Phillips. There were TWO things he could have been sent off for - the initial challenge plus the kick-out after the foul - and ignoring the first lead to Delap getting a red.

No, he doesn't deserve the red.

Benayoun should have been shown a Yellow Card for obstruction. As for Bosingwa, am not saying he should have been given a red card, am just saying look at Red Card Offenses numbers 1 and 2. Also, look at the first seven major fouls. Not even a yellow card for Bosingwa? It is preposterous as it is laughable.
http://malawi.worldcupblog.org...

Chelsea defender Jose Bosingwa will not face any disciplinary action after he stamped on the back of Yossi Benayoun in Sunday's 2-0 defeat at Anfield.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/h...

Exactly what I had thought. The linesman's solely to blame for that Bosingwa incident. Riley was behind Bosinwga so he didn't really see the "kick" but the linesman saw everything as revealed in the post match report. My main worry is that even if Instant Video Replays were to be introduced, these are the same people who will be reviewing the Instant Video Replays in the booth. If the linesman didn't see anything wrong with that Bosingwa incident though he was one foot away, what difference will Instant Video Replay make? It is preposterous as it is laughable.

"....because his (ref's) post-match report revealed that assistant Mo Matadar did see the event, under FIFA law, the FA cannot now take disciplinary action." Are you kidding me?

Should we say that it therefore follows that because Riley saw the Lampard tackle, the red card shouldn't be rescinded?

Just wondering, will Bosingwa be fined? How do they do things in the EPL?

(In Italy he would probably pick up a match ban)

Dear Sir (Cecil), I wish next time it would be you on the receiving end - "friendly" pushed with the studs into the lower back.
Liverpool player did nothing to provoke such reaction... Nothing beyond simple time wasting at the game's end. Its not about kick or push, it was done with malice and intent and thus punishable.

Riley should be demoted, and forgotten for quite a few month.


And Lamps' foul was a yellow with a stretch, but I guess its all about an angle. He did go with the studs up, but then moved his foot out of the way. Alonso made show, Riley looked stupid, FA will most certainly wave it.

How can there be any debate? Because Lampard plays for Chelsea he got his just deserts. Gerrard is the proof of this, he plays for a real club & so after two atrocious fouls, deserves to stay in the game.

Bosingwa action was a push with the foot, not a "kick" as such. The opposing player was not hurt in the least. Fuss over nothing. Should have been booked for ungentlemanly conduct, that's all. People are trying to paint it as a grievous, painful kick and that's not the case at all. Both players involved probably laughed about it over a drink afterwards.

I don't like chelsea but Alonso is the one who should get at least a yellow Card. He fooled Lampard. Who got the ball first? Lampard, then if Alonso come on him it is him who fooled lampard not the other way.

Lampard did not deserve a red. I don't think it should have even been a yellow. He wasn't really sliding into Alonso, Alonso was running at him. Lampard got the ball first, Alonso just came off worse. Bosingwa, however, should be suspended. His foot in the back of Benayoun was just unacceptable.

it was reckless. i don't think there was bad intent there but even in lampard's initial reaction to the red you can tell he wasn't surprised, because he knew it was kind of dangerous after he got up.

you may recall a similar tackle in the premiership that snapped a young croatian's fibula like a twig. not only was lamp's heel fully off the ground, but those studs were up. as any ref will tell you, it's not a lunge for the ball when your ankle remains locked.

i originally thought yellow, but upon seeing the replay i think a red might be in order because one of the stipulations of the rule on reds pertains to the safety of the guy on the receiving end.

Gerrard's conduct during the match was pathetic. I can think of at least three fouls which were far worse than Lampard's, not least punting the ball into Bosingwa's crotch as he lay on the ground. Laughable decision from the referee. Unfortunate consequences for Chelsea.

Because he is fat, yes.

My fantasy footy team despises Mike Riley.

Looks more like he won a loose ball and Alonso kicked him. Not even a foul on Lampard's part. Bosingwa 's kick was serious foul play. Mike Riley isn't good enough for a top league.

Are you kidding me? Is this even a discussion? He clearly didn't deserve to be send off. Hell, Alonso fouled him.

Bosingwa shouldn't have got a red, or a yellow: he should've got a friggin' award: how quality was that! It wasn't malicious, more of "ah stop pansying around you puff" *kicks him out of the way, turns aroung and calmly walks away*

I dont think Lampard could have broken a leg, he wasnt agressive in his 'lunge' (unlike Gerrard's tackle, which was worse in my opinion - if the chelsea player kicked gerrards foot, would gerrard have been sent off)

Oh, and as far as Bosingwa goes .... I cannot for the life of me see why the ref (or the idiot assistant who was stood a couple of feet away) did not see that as a red card (or yellow). Even worse is that, with VIDEO EVIDENCE, the FA have decided not to take any disciplinary action. Ridiculous.

My issue is that if you feel that Lampard deserved a straight red for this tackle, then Gerrard should have been sent off for his tackle a few minutes earlier instead of getting a warning from Riley. Not to mention kicking the ball into Bosingwa in the first half. Gerrard was very lucky to stay on the pitch. Overall, I agree with Graham Poll's observations in the Daily Mail that Lampard's red should be recinded and Bosingwa should recieve a suspension.

There's no way Lampard should have been sent off. Alonso is writhing on the ground becuase he followed through when he clearly wasn't going to get to that ball first. Ya, Bosingwa should have been yellowed, but it wasn't a kick, it was clearly a push with his foot.

(as a liverpool fan)
Lampard's tackle was a bit reckless, but it should have been a yellow. I have NO CLUE how Bosingwa got away with that. Right next to the assistant.

And Botsingwa should have been sent off then and there as well, and Chelsea should have finished with 9 men. I hope Phil disciplines him for that. Completely unacceptable that is.

This is sort of similar to (i think it was) Terry who got a red for a "professional foul" and the same discussion was brought up.
I agree with the call though. It was a studs-up tackle directly into Alonso's ankle, basically. Could have broken bones and put him out for the rest of the season.