West Ham's Fabian Balbuena has his controversial red card OVERTURNED
3 years, 8 months ago

West Ham's Fabian Balbuena has his controversial red card OVERTURNED

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West Ham defender Fabian Balbuena has had his controversial red card against Chelsea overturned after an appeal by the Hammers. West Ham's Fabian Balbuena has had his red card against Chelsea overturned on appeal Balbuena cleared the ball up the pitch but slow-motion replays made the incident look worse The official reviewed the footage on the pitchside monitor and then decided to show a straight red card to the Paraguayan centre-back. It read: 'We can confirm that Fabian Balbuena's red card in Saturday's Premier League fixture against Chelsea has been overturned on appeal. Kavanagh did not initially blow for a foul but the incident was brought to his attention by VAR Chris Kavanagh checked the monitor to watch replays and decided a red card was necessary Gary Lineker and Ian Wright were among those to take to Twitter to voice their discontent and shock that a red card had been given.

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