Watch Juventus star Adrien Rabiot somehow escape stonewall red card after studs up challenge on knee against Villarreal
ADRIEN RABIOT somehow escaped a stonewall red card after his studs up challenge on the knee of Villarreal's Samuel Chukwueze.
The Juventus midfielder went crashing into Chukwueze with his studs showing, not even looking at the ball.
Rabiot received only a yellow card, despite the dangerously high boot.
And fans were equally confused as VAR failed to follow up and reverse the decision to a sending off.
One simply tweeted: "VAR?"
One added: "That's woeful officiating."
Another posted: "How does VAR miss this?"
Another added: "Surely one of the main reasons for VAR is to capture and punish things like this?"
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Ex-Arsenal target Dusan Vlahovic’s fastest ever Champions League debut goal was not enough to earn Juventus a first-leg win at Villarreal.
The Serb, 22, diverted a right-footed effort beyond Geronimo Rulli 32 seconds into the last 16 tie – beating Andreas Moller’s 1995 record for Borussia Dortmund, also against Juve, by six seconds.
But former QPR midfielder Dani Parejo levelled with 24 minutes to go to seal a well-earned draw for Villarreal.
Villarreal reacted well to the early set back in their first Champions League knockout game for 13 years.
Giovani Lo Celso, on loan from Tottenham, saw a sitter ping off the post before ex-Bournemouth winger Arnaut Danjuma’s clever effort nearly wrong-footed Wojciech Szczesny in the Juve goal.
And they were rewarded 21 minutes into the second-half when Etienne Capoue dinked a peach over the defence for Parejo to sweep home with his left.
