Your Tottenham Hotspur morning digest on Monday, April 9.
PGMOL apologise for error during Spurs game
The PGMOL have admitted that the decision to not award Brighton a penalty against Tottenham Hotspur yesterday was a mistake.
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Spurs secured all three points, winning 2-1 in north London but not without some controversy along the way. Roberto De Zerbi 's side had two goals chalked off by VAR and were denied what looked to be a clear penalty at 1-1 when Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg appeared to foul Kaoru Mitoma in the box.
PGMOL's chief refereeing officer Howard Webb has now apologised to the Seagulls, admitting that the onfield officials and VAR got it wrong. After the match, Brighton defender Lewis Dunk gave a scathing verdict of the officiating, questioning the use of VAR.
Stellini breaks silence on red card
Cristian Stellini will be absent from the dugout for Tottenham's next Premier League against Bournemouth after being shown a red card in Saturday's clash with Brighton.
Tensions had initially boiled pre-kick-off, whilst a second incident during led to both managers being sent off. Despite offering De Zerbi plenty of praise in his pre-match press conference, Stellini seemed surprised by his outburst and red card despite not being involved in the second touchline fracas.
"I can say only that what happened on the pitch, stay onto the pitch," Stellini said. "Sometimes it seems something bad but is not. I want to let everyone understand that this is my second game like head coach for Tottenham and I want to give respect to all the managers in Premier League.
"When I speak about a manager, I speak every time like I am a person that has to learn from all the managers who work in Premier League. Managers that work in the past, managers that work now. I want to learn every day, I try to do my best and I want to give respect to everyone, so I don't speak about anything that happen into the pitch.
"I consider the red card because also if I try to stay calm and to be focused on the game, I have to manage the bench and to keep all of them calm. But in that moment for me I was focused on the players, I wanted to speak to the players and I lose my focus on the bench. This is the rule. I have to respect the rule but I think also if you look at what happened, I was polite and calm.
Premier League set to make drastic broadcasting change
The Premier League are open to the idea of ditching the likes of Sky Sports and BT Sport to broadcast matches on their own platform, as per the Mirror.
Sky have showcased matches since the league's inception back in 1992 but it is now claimed that there will likely be one more multi partner deal before the Premier League decide to run the show on their own. BT Sport and Amazon Prime also broadcast matches, with DAZN, Disney+ and Apple all said to be keen to enter the football broadcasting fray as well.
The Premier League’s current three-year deal with Sky and BT is set to expire in 2025, selling domestic rights for 2022-2025 for $6.3billion (£5.12billion.) However, prices have undoubtedly become a problem, with the average fan having to fork out around £700 a year to have access to every game in the English top flight, according to Bloomberg.
Chief executive of the Football Supporters Association Kevin Miles admitted that fans are beginning to feel the financial strain of paying for these platforms more and more. "There’s no question that supporters are increasingly feeling the financial strain," he said.
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