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Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guehi was actually \u201clucky\u201d during the incident which saw him sent off in the derby victory over Brighton, Keith Hackett has said.<\/strong><\/p>\n The former PGMOL chief and ex-FIFA official exclusively told Football Insider<\/strong> that \u201csilent\u201d VAR reviews should be considered for incidents where there may be doubt over the outcome.<\/p>\n The England international was dismissed for a pair of bookings at Selhurst Park, but Hackett feels the second could have been a straight red for \u201cserious foul play\u201d.<\/p>\n Crystal Palace ran out 2-1 winners over Brighton<\/a> on Saturday (5 April), completing a league double over their rivals this season.<\/p>\n That ensures Oliver Glasner<\/a>\u2018s side remain in the hunt for European qualification this season, although they had to do things the hard way after having two players sent off in that match.<\/p>\n A stunning Jean-Philippe Mateta strike had given Crystal Palace the lead<\/a> in that game, before Danny Welbeck equalised for Brighton.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n After half time the hosts would go back in front through Daniel Munoz, which proved to be the winning goal, although there was plenty more drama to come.<\/p>\n Crystal Palace substitute Eddie Nketiah was then sent off for two yellow cards<\/a>, one for a dive and one for a high boot, inside the space of ten minutes.<\/p>\n As the game headed into added time, Guehi was then also shown a second yellow card by referee Anthony Taylor<\/a>, for a high challenge that caught Brighton midfielder Brajan Gruda in the stomach.<\/p>\n That was checked by VAR for a potential straight red card, which would have led to Guehi<\/a> receiving a longer ban.<\/p>\n Ultimately though Taylor\u2019s on-field decision of a second yellow was deemed to be correct, and Hackett<\/a> believes the centre back was lucky in that respect.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Crystal Palace ace avoids more serious punishment after two yellow cards<\/strong><\/p>\n After being asked by Football Insider <\/strong>if Guehi could have been shown a straight red card for that challenge that earned him a second yellow, Hackett said:<\/p>\n \u201cI think he\u2019s lucky that he didn\u2019t get a straight red, because he\u2019s come in high. So for me, that borders on serious foul play.<\/p>\n \u201cBut what happens here in referee\u2019s thinking, is that giving a double yellow is a banker, because there is no right of appeal on a double yellow. On a red card there\u2019s a right of appeal.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat really concerns me and brings into question the doubt about the decision being made by the match official, is why doesn\u2019t the VAR in that situation, do a silent review, rather than a public \u2018VAR\u2019s looking to see if this is a red card.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cWhy do we do that? Putting the doubt in the mind. So for me I think there is a review situation by VAR that could be non-public, in that situation, and only when he\u2019s confirmed, the VAR that he believes that to be a strong red card, he calls the referee in. Let\u2019s rely on the referee\u2019s judgement on the day.\u201d<\/p>\n Brighton<\/a> centre-back Jan Paul van Hecke would later also be sent off for a second yellow card as Crystal Palace<\/a> hung on to claim that 2-1 win.<\/p>\n That means the Eagles are now just four points and two positions behind Fabian Hurzeler\u2019s side, who are currently ninth in the Premier League table. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Match of the Day and Imago) Mon 7 April 2025 16:12, UK Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guehi…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2694,2695,1169,1925,2696,2697,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-4767","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-anthony-taylor","9":"tag-brajan-gruda","10":"tag-brighton","11":"tag-crystal-palace","12":"tag-keith-hackett","13":"tag-marc-guehi","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114301517646419171","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Eddie](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Eddie-Nketiah-1024x683.jpg\")
Eddie Nketiah also saw red for Crystal Palace against BrightonMarc Guehi follows Eddie Nketiah in receiving two yellow cards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Marc Guehi vs Brighton<\/td>\n Total (as per SofaScore<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Successful Passes<\/td>\n 40\/44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Tackles<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Clearances<\/td>\n 7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Interceptions<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Fouls<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n