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I think this is where the ‘I can’t believe it wasn’t a red’ comes from. In several contact sports, to whip someone to the ground from behind is a very serious infraction due to the potential for head injury.
In real time I was incensed as it felt a lot like that was what had been done. On replay I don’t think I can interpret that as what actually happened. He definitely pulls Saka back, and in turn he falls backwards, but he doesn’t forcefully pull him downwards, imo.
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He could have pulled his shirt without strangling him though. I didn't expect a red, and I like Chiellini ordinarily, but that was pretty gross to watch. It was just nasty.