Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur was deemed to have avoided “serious foul play” while crunching into Reece James’s ankle during a tetchy Premier League derby on Saturday evening.
Bentancur, and the rest of Tottenham’s midfield, had struggled to match the pace of a first half which Chelsea dominated. A one-sided contest had ticked into stoppage time with the visitors leading by a single João Pedro goal when this fierce rivalry earned its first whisper of spice.
