Tottenham Hotspur have failed with their appeal against Son Heung-min’s red card, the Football Association announced Tuesday. The South Korean winger saw red in the second half of Spurs’ 2-0 loss at home to Chelsea in a spiteful London derby on Sunday after VAR confirmed he had kicked out at Blues defender Antonio Rudiger after being fouled. Tottenham launched an appeal but the FA upheld his red card, meaning Son will now serve a three-game ban ruling him out of the matches at home to Brighton on Boxing Day, and at Norwich and Southampton on Saturday and New Year’s Day respectively. “It (the sending off) wasn’t brutal but it was instinctive that warrants a red card in the modern-day,” said former England midfielder Lampard, who played under Mourinho when the Portuguese were in charge of Chelsea. Spurs said Monday their investigation into the monkey chants directed at Rudiger had so far proved inconclusive but a day later they were able to act against the fan who attacked Blues keeper Arrizabalaga.

Source: Punch December 24, 2019 16:30 UTC