"But when you see the replays, the replays aren't good; for me, that's a red card. I know they said don't go looking for things, but it's high, it's across the kneecap, it's a red card all day." However, following a VAR check, officials felt there was not enough intent to upgrade the incident to a red card. At half‑time, Richards said: "He's on top of his knee - that's the clearest red card you're going to see. If I'm Doku, I'm staying down.

Source: Metro January 17, 2026 19:49 UTC