Gary Neville insists Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones did NOT deserve to be sent off for tackle on Tottenham’s Yves Bissouma

• Curtis Jones was shown a straight red for a high tackle on Spurs’ Yves Bissouma 
• Gary Neville says it was harsh as his foot slipped and Jones went in ‘genuinely’ 
• Former midfielder Jamie Redknapp says the sending off was ‘extremely harsh’  

Gary Neville has insisted Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones did not deserve to be sent off against Tottenham. 

Jones lunged in with a high tackle on Yves Bissouma and was initially shown a yellow by referee Simon Hooper. 

Hooper was then invited to do an on screen review and after a delay in the game, Jones’ booking was cancelled out for a straight red inside 25 minutes. 

Neville believes it was harsh as the Reds midfielder’s foot slipped having gone into the challenge ‘genuinely’. 

Speaking on Sky Sports, the former defender said: ‘I know when you’re doing someone. I’ve done it myself. It’s showing the end motion which looks bad. 

Curtis Jones (right) was sent off for a h igh tackle on Tottenham midfielder Yves Bissouma 

Gary Neville believes it was a harsh sending off as Jones went into the tackle ‘genuinely ‘ 

‘His foot just slips. He’s gone to tackle the ball. It’s not a red card but he’ll probably get one and it’ll ruin the game.

‘You can look at that one of two ways. You slow it down all day long and it looks like a leg breaker. It’s one of the ones where he’s gone in genuinely and his foot has slipped. 

‘I’m never sure anymore. My initial reaction is that wasn’t a player looking to do the opposition player.’

Former Liverpool and Tottenham midfielder Jamie Redknapp mirrored those views as he claimed the sending off was ‘extremely harsh’. 

The Liverpool midfielder was intially shown a yellow but was sent off after a VAR review 

Jones will miss the Reds next three matches against Brighton, Everton and Nottingham Forest

‘It’s extremely harsh. Any tackle you risk going over the top of the ball. Once he doesn’t get it right, he gets on tip of it and it doesn’t look good. For me it isn’t a red, he doesn’t look to hurt him,’ Redknapp said.  

‘He doesn’t mean to hurt him. It makes Spurs big favourites.’

However, Andros Townsend claims Jones deserved the red card. He said: ‘Letter of the law, the force, it has to be a red card. He gets the ball but his foot goes over the top. For me and a lot of players it’s a contact game.’ 

Jones will miss the clash with Brighton next week as well as the Merseyside derby and the visit of Nottingham Forest.  

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