Leeds managing director Kinnear used his pre-Premier League meeting with West Ham to target Jurgen Klopp and the Reds with a German coach accused of influencing match officials.
A little about the topic
The Whites and Reds locked their horns on Elland Road on September 12 in a competition that will be remembered for the horror trauma Elliott received, not a 3-0 win for the attendees. A meeting between teenage star Harvey Elliott and Leeds United Struijk defender left the former with a severely sprained ankle, and Jurgen Klopp and his coaching team got involved before the red card was eventually swung.
What did Angus Kinnear say?
Pawson initially allowed play to continue before being advised to watch the incident as Jurgen approached him on the pitch while Harvey Elliott was receiving treatment. Leeds United appealed against Pascal Struijk’s sacking, with Harvey admitting he was the victim of an accident, but the FA upheld the original ruling and subsequent ban.
Those at Elland Road are still stewing, with Kinnear writes that it is clear that they cared about the well-being of Elliott, whose response, both then and after on social media, proves that he has as much class outside the field as it has on it.
They were all happy to hear that his prognosis was not as bad as they had feared at first, and he would be back again next season. However, the added judging of the incident was compounded by the VAR’s anonymity and the failure of the subsequent appeals process.
Angus Kinnear believes they have made a compelling case that a fight that was not even considered a foul by any of the opposing officials and the 37,000 crowd could, in retrospect, be dismissed based on an assessment of the severity of the injury.
According to Angus, one of the three members of the group agreed that there was an inherent risk to the player’s well-being in every challenge and that therefore the tackle was not serious foul language.
Conversely, the other two delegates disagreed. They argued that this was an obvious judicial error and may have inadvertently set a precedent that any serious injury that occurs during physical contact should be met with disciplinary action.
After the group’s decision, they had no choice but to humbly ask the Premier League to keep the opposing head coaches from being selected to play more of their games for the remainder of the season.