Several pundits have called for Constantine Hatzidakis to be banned for at least eight games following his altercation with Andy Robertson yesterday.
At half time between Liverpool and Arsenal yesterday, Robertson was seen walking over to Hatzidakis to say a few words, with the latter seen throwing his elbow toward the face of the Scotsman.
I keep being told the officials definitely definitely are not fighting for Arsenal…
Yet here is Constantine Hatzidakis, throwing almost as many elbows as Xhaka…#THFC #COYS #LIVARS pic.twitter.com/6RiZZ1tyil
— Football Confidential 🌐 (@footballconfid1) April 9, 2023
Darren Bent took to Twitter after the incident occurred and got straight to the point, saying: “Eight game ban for the linesman“, while on 5 Live, Chris Sutton cited Aleksandar Mitrovic’s eight-match ban for his push on Chris Kavanagh as a benchmark for punishment.
It’s time that soccer players show the same respect as rugby players do to match officials.
We expect soccer officials to have perfect self control as we see players abuse of them rises.
Punish the linesman and watch what happens as the decision affects the game all the way to school boy level