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MARTIN SAMUEL: 'Intent' rule that broke Tottenham's hearts is illogical nonsense… PLUS, Raheem Sterling shouldn't start for England on form - and someone tell Ben White that title chasers don't have to win them ALL

Antonio Conte said he does not see honesty in the decisions of referees and their video assistants these days. That is harsh. They are not crooks. But if he bemoaned an absence of logic, he has a point.

Who makes these rules? Who makes, specifically, the one that states a defender trying to block a ball coming into the box is not responsible for a deflection?

Tottenham may well go out of the Champions League next week on the back of that. And it is nonsense. Illogical nonsense. A ruling that can only exist in the mind of men with no understanding of the game.