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Michael Ball

I'm fully behind Abdoulaye Doucoure and Harry Kane reaction shows he doesn't trust referees

Abdoulaye Doucoure raised his hand but I’m fully behind him reacting that way. He shouldn’t do it but Harry Kane fouled Demarai Gray, the whistle is blown, and Kane has gone right through him. That is a ligament-damaging injury to his knee because Doucoure isn’t going in wholeheartedly, he’s trying to stop the ball and Kane’s continued to go through - that reminds me of previous injuries I’ve had.

There’s a retaliation from Doucoure which I get, he went one step too far, it is a red. We saw it last year with Sadio Mane pushing Mason Holgate in the face but he stayed up and nothing happened.

To me it shows that Harry Kane doesn’t trust the officials in the Premier League. Harry Kane, the England captain, doesn’t trust VAR and it shows the state of our refereeing in this country that the England captain has to throw himself on the floor to get a reaction to get the right decision in the end.

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