Anthony Taylor has been criticised for some of his decisions in the FA Cup Final by former referee Keith Hackett. Taylor was the man in the middle as Arsenal beat Chelsea at Wembley but the 41-year-old had some major decisions to make.
He chose to send Mateo Kovacic off after handing him two yellow cards, the second of which has attracted criticism. And Hackett has claimed that Taylor has always been prone to brandishing his cards quicker than he perhaps should. "I was not entirely surprised that Taylor got the decision wrong.
He is a fine referee and had a good game. His positioning and work rate was exemplary and, to his credit, he allowed the game to flow early on," he said in his Telegraph column. "But, once a game has settled
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