There were calls for Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi to be sent off following his rough tackle on Cole Palmer.

Like the Manchester United game, VAR reviewed the tackle but decided against a red card.

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca however supported the decision this time around, and insisted that it wasn’t malicious from his former player.

However, Enzo Maresca insists that the rough tackle from Lisandro Martinez on Cole Palmer was a red card.

“I don’t think Cole is the target. I don’t think that,” Enzo Maresca said when asked by reporters if he thought Palmer was being singled out.

“What I think, and I said after the Manchester United game, when there is bad intention, there has to be a different kind of punishment from the referee. I think Man United was bad intention.

“I’m not saying Wilf [Ndidi] was bad intention because I love Wilf. Overall, when there is bad intention, I think the punishment has to be different.”

“Today’s foul? I don’t think so [whether it was a red card]. I saw the clip and I don’t think it is a red, to be honest. The other one [vs Manchester United] I said that was a red card, for sure.”

That sure was a bad tackle on Cole Palmer from Wilfred Ndidi, even though it wasn’t intentional, but it should have been a red card regardless.

Do you agree with Enzo Maresca’s assertion?