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Aston Villa boss Unai Emery played down his side’s Champions League credentials despite thrashing West Ham boxing
Villa are just two points off Premier League pacesetters Manchester City and Arsenal following Sunday’s 4-1 win boxing
Douglas Luiz’s double and clinical finishes from Ollie Watkins and Leon Bailey ended Villa’s Hammers hoodoo, for their first victory over West Ham since 2015 boxing
They returned to fifth spot, just a point adrift of the top four, with games against Luton, Nottingham Forest and Fulham coming up next boxing
“There are seven teams contending boxing
We are after seven teams; Man City, Man United, Liverpool, Tottenham, Arsenal, Chelsea and Newcastle,” said Emery, with fifth potentially offering a Champions League place this term boxing
“Dream, always boxing
My dream is to win the Champions League but now we are fifth and we are going to face each match trying to get a good performance boxing
“It’s 38 matches and we lost at Newcastle, we lost at Liverpool boxing
They are matches we are not going to play again boxing
“I prefer to speak about the matches we won but I have to speak about the matches we lost boxing
This is the balance boxing
We have to be very demanding boxing
“In the table West Ham were two points behind us and the level we have now, they have as well boxing
It was very important boxing
“The process is going in the right way, it’s going to be difficult boxing
In the end we won 4-1 boxing
”Luiz had already tested Alphonse Areola from distance before opening the scoring after half an hour, firing in from the edge of the box after good work by Nicolo Zaniolo and Watkins boxing
Six minutes after the break Villa were gifted a second when Lucas Paqueta sold Edson Alvarez short and he brought down Ezri Konsa for Luiz to convert from the spot boxing
But Jarrod Bowen grabbed a lifeline for the Hammers soon after when his shot hit Pau Torres to creep into the corner boxing
The visitors sensed a recovery, Matty Cash heading over Nayef Aguerd’s shot, but with 16 minutes left Watkins ended any ideas of a comeback boxing
He latched onto John McGinn’s long ball, skipped past Kurt Zouma and lashed into the roof of the net boxing
There was still time for Bailey to get in on the act in the final minute, beating Areola from six yards after giving Aguerd the slip boxing
It was just West Ham’s third league defeat of the season, leaving manager David Moyes frustrated boxing
“I’m not having my teams losing four goals as soft as we did today boxing
There were things which I can say we did quite well but I didn’t think we were hard enough to play against,” said Moyes, whose side are now ninth boxing
“Today wasn’t so good boxing
More importantly nearly every ball we played around the box was the wrong decision and it led to us hardly creating enough opportunity to score boxing
“The lads kept on fighting and it looked like we were the team in ascendancy at 2-1 but they punished us really quickly and that took the game beyond our reach boxing
“Villa are probably just behind the top three or four in the Premier League and today was a challenge to see what level we were at and I thought we fell below that boxing
“It was a very close first half, we missed opportunities to score boxing
We had opportunities to make chances to score and that was the bit bugging me at half-time boxing
”More aboutPA ReadyUnai EmeryChampions LeagueManchester CityPremier LeagueArsenalDavid MoyesNottingham ForestLutonFulhamLeon BaileyWest HamVillaLiverpoolNewcastleDreamEzri KonsaAlphonse AreolaKurt ZoumaJarrod BowenNicolo Zaniolo1/1We’re after seven teams – Unai Emery plays down Villa’s Champions League chancesWe’re after seven teams – Unai Emery plays down Villa’s Champions League chancesAston Villa manager Unai Emery (centre) saw his side beat David Moyes’ West Ham 4-1 on Sunday (Nick Potts/PA)PA Wire✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today boxing
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Sam Cane became the first player to be sent off in a men’s Rugby World Cup final after seeing his yellow card upgraded to a red following a review from the TMO bunker during the New Zealand v South Africa match in the Rugby World Cup final boxing
In the first half of the Stade de France showpiece, the All Blacks captain’s shoulder connected with the head of Jesse Kriel boxing
Referee Wayne Barnes initially sent the captain to the sin-bin but, using the bunker system, that was upgraded to a red card soon after boxing
Follow New Zealand v South Africa LIVEThe foul play review officer ruled that it was a shoulder direct to head with significant force and not enough mitigation to remain a yellow card boxing
After the review was complete, Barnes called over stand-in skipper Ardie Savea to deliver the bad news for the All Blacks boxing
He responded in shock: "to red!?" Cane was then seen in agony after learning his fate on the touchline, closing his eyes and rocking back on his chair boxing
Reacting to the decision at half-time, Ireland legend Brian O'Driscoll was adamant Cane deserved the red card, telling ITV Sport: "Any effective tackle is a hinge at the hips, Sam Cane can have no complaints, there's no late dip, he has a clear line of sight, it's considerable force to the head and a very, very clear red card boxing
"While All Blacks legend Sean Fitzpatrick reluctantly agreed: "In real time, it's a red card, we have to get on with it boxing
"But what are the laws around head contact and high tackles that referees are following and how do they decide on the punishment?New Zealand's Sam Cane after being show a red card (PA)Referee Wayne Barnes shows a red card to New Zealand's Sam Cane (PA)Here’s everything you need to know:What are World Rugby’s laws on head contact?Head-on-head contact in the tackle comes under Law 9 of the Laws of Rugby Union, which covers foul play boxing
Law 9 boxing
11 dictates “Players must not do anything that is reckless or dangerous to others, including leading with the elbow or forearm, or jumping into, or over, a tackler” and Law 9 boxing
13 goes on to say “A player must not tackle an opponent early, late or dangerously boxing
Dangerous tackling includes, but is not limited to, tackling or attempting to tackle an opponent above the line of the shoulders even if the tackle starts below the line of the shoulders boxing
”RecommendedNew Zealand v South Africa LIVE: Rugby World Cup final score updates as Springboks lead 14-man All BlacksSouth Africa’s Bongi Mbonambi suffers Rugby World Cup final heartbreak with injurySouth Africa vs New Zealand: Who is the referee for the Rugby World Cup final?If a player breaks these laws and the act is deemed to be reckless or dangerous, then the referee is entitled to issue a yellow or red card boxing
World Rugby also clarify the intent of the laws, stating in their guidelines that: “ Player welfare drives World Rugby’s decision making for zero tolerance of foul play, especially where head contact occurs boxing
The focus must be on the actions of those involved, not the injury – the need for an HIA [a Head Injury Assessment] does not necessarily mean that there has been illegal head contact boxing
”What are the punishments for head-on-head contact?Ok, this is where things get technical and debates start to occur boxing
In March 2023, World Rugby issued their latest ‘head contact process law application guidelines’ to guide referees on whether foul play has occurred and how it should be punished boxing
The referee has to go through a four-step process (detailed below) to determine the extent of the foul play and the sanction boxing
The four steps are:Has head contact occurred?Was there any foul play?What was the degree of danger?Is there any mitigation? (World Rugby)Step 1 (has head contact occurred?) is relatively straightforward, with head contact including the head and the face as well as the neck and throat area boxing
If any head contact is made at all, we move on to Step 2 boxing
Step 2 (was there foul play?) is a touch more complex boxing
The referees are told to consider whether the head contact was either intentional, reckless or avoidable – e boxing
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the defender is always upright boxing
If it was, the tackler will be penalised and they move on to Step 3 boxing
However, if the head contact was deemed not to be foul play, the game continues boxing
Step 3 (what was the degree of danger?) – judged from high to low – determines the initial punishment boxing
A degree of high danger is judged on any of: direct contact rather than indirect, a high-force impact, a lack of control from the tackler, the incident occurring at high speed, the tackler leading with the head/shoulder/elbow/forearm or the tackle being reckless boxing
If the referee judges there to be a high degree of danger, a red card will be shown boxing
Meanwhile, low danger is judged as indirect contact, low force, low speed or no leading head/shoulder/forearm/swinging arm and a yellow card or even just a penalty to the opposition may be awarded boxing
The final step, Step 4 (is there any mitigation?) determines whether the punishment can be reduced by one grade (i boxing
e red card down to yellow card or yellow card down to just a penalty) boxing
Mitigation includes a sudden or significant drop in height or change in direction from ball carrier, a late change in dynamics due to another player in the contact area, a clear effort from the tackler to reduce their height or the tackler having no time to adjust boxing
However, mitigation will never apply for intentional or always-illegal acts of foul play boxing
The referee crosses their arms to signal a Bunker review (Getty Images)What about the Foul Play Review Officer/Bunker review?Introduced for this World Cup was the Bunker review system boxing
This allows the referee to issue a yellow card to a player, sending them to the sin-bin while play goes on, where a Foul Play Review Official (FPRO) will then take another look at the incident and determine if the yellow card should be upgraded to red, allowing the game to continue rather than a long stoppage to debate this boxing
This is what happened to Curry against Argentina boxing
The referee crosses their arms to indicate a Bunker review will take place boxing
Once a player is in the sin-bin, the FPRO has up to eight minutes to review the decision and decide if it warrants upgrading to a red card boxing
If not, the player will return to the field after their 10 minutes in the sin-bin has elapsed boxing
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