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Robert Warlow

BBC pundit agrees with Jurgen Klopp and Mark Clattenburg about Harry Kane and Andrew Robertson

Dion Dublin has said there is no question that Harry Kane should have been sent off in Tottenham's 2-2 draw with Liverpool.

Spurs held Jurgen Klopp's men to a draw at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with Kane and Son Heung-min both on target for Antonio Conte's side.

But Klopp was left furious after the game at the fact that Kane was not sent off for a challenge on Andrew Robertson, who was later sent off himself for a poor tackle on Emerson Royal.

Kane was shown a yellow card for his foul on Robertson, but Klopp said he could not understand how the Tottenham striker escaped a red.

"I think we all agree that Harry Kane should have seen a red card and he didn't," Klopp said after the game.

"That is a clear, absolutely 100 per cent red card. Very often, you cannot see it clearly or whatever, but this situation, if Andy Robertson's foot is still on the ground, his leg is broken. I think we all agree on that. Luckily for both it was in the air. It is still a red card but the ref saw it differently."

Former Manchester United and Aston Villa striker Dion Dublin agreed that Kane should have been shown a red card, adding that he could not understand how the original decision was not changed by the video assistant referee.

And he said he feels Kane will know that it should have been a red card, despite the Spurs striker saying to Sky Sports that he felt it was a strong tackle and that he thought he won the ball.

"The only reason Robbo [Andrew Robertson] didn't break his leg was because he knew the challenge was coming and he knew what he was going to do with the ball before the ball arrived," Dublin said, speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club.

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"He was just going to lift it up and allow [Harry] Kane to plough into him.

"Harry Kane knows it is a bad tackle, his studs were showing and he was too high. He wasn't high, knee level, but he was too high, it was reckless and it was a red card, no question at all."

Meanwhile, former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg also thinks that Kane should have been sent off, adding that he felt the challenge was worse than Robertson's on Royal in the second half.

Speaking to the Daily Mail, he said: “If Harry Kane's lunge on Andy Robertson isn’t a red card then I’m not sure what is.

“The tackle is high, it’s above the ankle, studs are showing and it’s late. It didn’t have a good look to it from any angle."

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