Former English Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher has explained why Nigeria international midfielder Wilfred Ndidi wasn’t sent off for delaying a quick restart in Leicester City 2-4 defeat against Arsenal on Saturday, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Ndidi who set up Leicester City’s second goal kicked the ball away after Bukayo Saka leading to a huge call by the fans of the home side for the Nigerian to be shown a second yellow card, which will see him receive his marching orders.
However unlike when Arsenal had Declan Rice sent off for allegedly delaying a quick restart and also Leandro Trossard against Manchester City, Ndidi was allowed to stay on and Gallagher says it was the right call not to send him off.
“He doesn’t delay the restart, there’s nobody there that can take a free-kick. If you really want players yellow carded for that, we’re going to have a lot of players sat in the stands”, he said while speaking on the decision taken by the referee.
