Premier League stars are to be warned they will see red if they launch two-footed challenges this weekend.
Referees expect pre-match meetings with captains and management to be dominated by questions about interpretation of the tackling law.
Controversy still rages over Vincent Kompany’s dismissal last weekend for Manchester City, while Glen Johnson escaped any sanction for a similar tackle in midweek playing for Liverpool against City.
Ref chief Mike Riley has NOT ordered a crackdown, but the message from his members will be clear and straightforward - two-footed tackles are, as the players’ union has urged, liable to lead to immediate expulsion if the safety of an opponents is deemed to have been threatened.
The lack of consistency is the major concern of managers, players and fans.
Manchester City first team coach David Platt said: “Vinny’s sending off, everybody would say it shouldn’t have happened.
"Live, in the game, you can excuse the referee for sending him off, because he’s interpreted something in the game.
“But we feel as though we’ve been punished twice. Having seen something of a similar nature - it’s nothing against Glen Johnson, I think it’s a good tackle - but if Vinny’s deemed to be reckless and endangering an opponent, then we would say that’s similar.
“I think it’s a good tackle by Glen Johnson. The inconsistency we have is that we think Vinny’s was a good tackle as well.”
Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas conceded: “We’ve had a couple of issues with two-footed tackles. Every referee has his style.
“What I found curious is maybe somehow the radical differences of applying the refereeing styles in the Premiership. There can sometimes be a massive gap.
"The difference of criteria applied by the same referee from game to game is quite surprising.
“That is curious. But the ones we had, Didier Drogba and Fernando Torres, were correct decisions - Chris Foy and QPR, Mike Dean in the Swansea game at home, they were good decisions.”
By Martin Lipton
Referees expect pre-match meetings with captains and management to be dominated by questions about interpretation of the tackling law.
Controversy still rages over Vincent Kompany’s dismissal last weekend for Manchester City, while Glen Johnson escaped any sanction for a similar tackle in midweek playing for Liverpool against City.
Ref chief Mike Riley has NOT ordered a crackdown, but the message from his members will be clear and straightforward - two-footed tackles are, as the players’ union has urged, liable to lead to immediate expulsion if the safety of an opponents is deemed to have been threatened.
The lack of consistency is the major concern of managers, players and fans.
Manchester City first team coach David Platt said: “Vinny’s sending off, everybody would say it shouldn’t have happened.
"Live, in the game, you can excuse the referee for sending him off, because he’s interpreted something in the game.
“But we feel as though we’ve been punished twice. Having seen something of a similar nature - it’s nothing against Glen Johnson, I think it’s a good tackle - but if Vinny’s deemed to be reckless and endangering an opponent, then we would say that’s similar.
“I think it’s a good tackle by Glen Johnson. The inconsistency we have is that we think Vinny’s was a good tackle as well.”
Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas conceded: “We’ve had a couple of issues with two-footed tackles. Every referee has his style.
“What I found curious is maybe somehow the radical differences of applying the refereeing styles in the Premiership. There can sometimes be a massive gap.
"The difference of criteria applied by the same referee from game to game is quite surprising.
“That is curious. But the ones we had, Didier Drogba and Fernando Torres, were correct decisions - Chris Foy and QPR, Mike Dean in the Swansea game at home, they were good decisions.”
By Martin Lipton
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