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VAR explains why Tottenham Hotspur’s Giovanni Lo Celso wasn’t sent off against Chelsea

Chelsea secured a 2-1 win against Tottenham Hotspur at the Stamford Bridge on Saturday, boosting their top-four credentials after picking up valuable three points at the expense of one of their challengers for the Champions League spot.

Spurs were the second-best team all game and were lucky to have finished the game with 11 men.

Giovanni Lo Celso stamped on Cesar Azpilicueta in the second-half but somehow escaped being sent off despite VAR reviewing the incident for serious foul play.

Officials at VAR’s Stockley Park HQ admitted mid-game that a human error had been made and the Tottenham midfielder should have been sent off.