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Rúben Dias escapes a second yellow card (NFO 1–2 MCI, —)

Refereeing CallErrorKMI panel ruling
NFONottingham Forest1 – 2Manchester CityMCI

Matchweek 18 · Saturday 27 December · Referee Rob Jones · VAR Andy Madley

The KMI panel ruled that Rúben Dias should have been shown a second yellow card. Second cautions were not reviewable by VAR in 2025-26.

On the pitch
No second yellow
VAR
VAR did not intervene
Benefited
Manchester City
Harmed
Nottingham Forest
r/soccer post-match threadGrumbles133 of 283 comments angry about the officiating, mostly MCI fansNot like Igor Jesus wasn't going down everytime a City player took a breath in his general direction. Milenkovic wasn't carded for the knee high studs showing challenge on Foden. The officiating is just s*** across the b…
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