Joao Pedro avoids red card for his elbow during Brighton draw vs Brentford

Joao Pedro avoided a red card and a suspension after attempting to elbow Yehor Yarmolyuk during Brighton’s goalless draw with Brentford on Friday night.

The incident occurre in the second half when ufabet https://ufabet999.app the Brighton forward attempted to race clear of Yarmolyuk, who was pulling at his shoulder and his shirt.

A frustrated Pedro then stopped and swung his right elbow at Yarmolyuk but it narrowly missed the Brentford midfielder.

Play was halte by referee Andy Madley, who gave Yarmolyuk a yellow card.

But VAR referee Chris Kavanagh reviewed the incident and deemed that Madley had not made a clear and obvious error with his decision to not punish Pedro.

‘I’ve seen it, I think a red card,’ Brentford manager Thomas Frank said after the game.

You can’t swing your arm like that, it’s like if you want to punch someone or swing your arm like that, hit or no hit, if I understand the laws it’s a red card.

‘I understand it’s never easy to get everything right, so we just have to have a good conversation about it.’

A statement from the Premier League Match Centre explaine why the. Brighton forward was not shown a red card.

‘The referee’s call of no red card to Joao Pedro for violent conduct was checke and confirme by VAR, who deemed the referee’s call was not clear and obviously wrong,’ the statement read.

Joao Pedro must deliver for 90 minutes to become ‘top player’ – Roberto de Zerbi

Roberto De Zerbi believes in-form Brighton top scorer Joao Pedro must sustain performances over 90 minutes to take the final step in becoming a “great, great player”.

Brazilian forward Pedro increased his tally for the season to 18 goals in all competitions with a hat-trick during Saturday’s 5-2 FA Cup win at Sheffield United.

The 22-year-old – a £30million summer signing from Watford – opened his Albion account on the first weekend of the campaign in a 4-1 victory at home to Tuesday evening’s Premier League opponents Luton.