When it got here to interactions between the managers and match officers, it was no big shock that was most prevalent within the recreation containing three pink playing cards.
Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner was most perturbed as his aspect had each Eddie Nketiah and Marc Guehi despatched off within the area of 12 minutes.
Elsewhere, Fulham boss Marco Silva was so irritated a few problem on Rodrigo Muniz which went unpunished that referee Chris Kavanagh needed to come over for a phrase with him.
However does getting that aggravated with officers assist the gamers?
“On the one hand you could have the optimistic of the supervisor shouting to attempt to affect the choice that is being made subsequent time,” mentioned Dr Cook dinner.
“However that’s balanced out by the negatives as a result of for those who’re a participant and also you see that your supervisor is getting distressed or very a lot does not agree with the choice that is being made, that takes your focus away.”
Unsurprisingly, Tottenham supervisor Ange Postecoglou turned most animated throughout a video assistant referee (VAR) test – and everyone knows how much he loves that.
Confronted by a four-minute delay as he awaited a call, he appeared to play a recreation of rock, paper, scissors to spotlight the unpredictable nature of a VAR name.
“VAR is fascinating as a result of up to now they put a heart-rate monitor on Brentford supervisor Thomas Frank and his coronary heart price went up from 60 beats per minute to 108 beats per minute when a VAR choice was being made,” mentioned Dr Cook dinner.
“So what we noticed Ange doing with rock, paper, scissors, I might counsel, may very well be as a result of he was attempting to distract himself – that is one other manner that we will regulate the feelings.”
