Posted by Guardian 175 days ago
• Chelsea striker caught Liverpool's Jordan Henderson• Referee Phil Dowd mistakenly booked Ryan BertrandRomelu Lukaku is set to escape a retrospective suspension from the Football Association for his challenge on Liverpool's Jordan Henderson in the Carling Cup quarter-final on Tuesday because of an unusual technicality.The Chelsea striker caught Henderson with an ugly lunge, only for the referee Phil Dowd to caution the Chelsea defender Ryan Bertrand, who was merely close to the scene, raising the prospect of mistaken identity. But because Dowd had a view of the challenge and deemed it worthy of only a yellow card, the FA has no scope to reas...
