The Premier League has revealed the reason for Declan Rice ‘s yellow and red card in the game against Brighton, which was due to intentional slowing down of play.
The Premier League game on Saturday night had a point. Of debate since the first match in the game where Arsenal drew 1-1 with Brighton at home. The
cause of the debate occurred in the 48th minute of the game after Declan Rice was shown a second card. For slowing down the start of the game when Joel Weltman tried to play quickly and hit the leg of the England national team player.
At first, fans in the stadium believed that Weltman would be shown a red card for kicking in this situation. However, referee Chris Cavanagh instead showed Rice a second yellow card.
The Premier League have released a short statement on the reasons behind Rice’s punishment, stating that “the referee showed Declan Rice a second yellow card for deliberately delaying play.” The practice of kicking the
ball away to waste time or prevent an opposing team from taking a set-piece has been a yellow card offence. And has been included in the Premier League’s rulebook for over a decade. However, the
Premier League still mentioned kicking the ball away when the new rules were introduced. Which include new provisions before the start of the 2024-25 season.
The Premier League has also introduced a rule regarding the play when there are more balls, which states that players must pick up the ball from an appropriately placed cone, not from a สมัคร ufabet “ball assistant” (a ball boy or ball boy) directly.
The statement says: “This also applies to any club technical officials. Who deliberately delay the resumption of play by holding the ball, kicking it away, etc. Will be sent off the field of play.”
“Any player who does the same in the technical area will also be shown a yellow card.”