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Chelsea's Cesar Azpilicueta: Liverpool's Sadio Mane should have been given red card

Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta said Sadio Mane should have been sent off in the first minute of Sunday's 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge after VAR failed to review an apparent elbow by Liverpool forward after just 14 seconds of the game.

Mane, who scored Liverpool's opening goal on nine minutes, was given a yellow card by referee Anthony Taylor following the foul on Azpilicueta. But although replays suggested that Mane's challenge could be construed as violent conduct, VAR official Darren England did not request that Taylor should review the incident on a pitchside monitor.