Absolutely ridiculous. That’s the problem with referees now - they are not trusted to use a bit of common sense.
“rules are rules” - its absolute nonsense. Yes - rules are there for a reason, but there has to be the opportunity for referees to take a common sense approach
Had he not booked him - no one would even have mentioned it
Like the Liverpool / Spurs goal. Play should have been pulled back - but because it was “too late”. They didn’t