Cristian Romero was sent off in the dying embers of Tottenham's clash against Liverpool after Xavi Simons was shown a red card in the first half
Gary Neville had laid into Cristian Romero after Tottenham went down to nine men in the latter stages of their Premier League clash against Liverpool. Romero was shown a second yellow card by Craig Pawson for kicking out at Ibrahima Konate with Xavi Simons dismissed earlier in the clash for a reckless challenge on Virgil van Dijk.
Speaking on the incident, Gary Neville told Sky Sports: "Has he done something on the ground with Konate? He's not right, him, is he?
"He just literally - he cost his team a goal with the first goal, they're just about to get back in it, or have a chance of getting back in it; he does that. I mean, what is he doing? What is he doing?
"Forget the fact that it's madness because he's already on a yellow card, his team have got a chance to get a goal back. Who's he shouting at? Get in the dressing room.
"Absolute madness from him, it really is. He's left the referee nowhere to go."
Watching back a reply, Neville added: "There's the little kick, right in front of the referee. He's only two or three yards from him. Stupidity."
Romero will now miss Spurs' next game against Crystal Palace and remain two cautions away from a two-game ban. His first yellow card was for his complaints aimed at Pawson that a foul was committed by Hugo Ekitike for his goal.
While Jamie Redknapp agreed it was a foul, he also hammered Romero for his actions with the former Spurs midfielder describing him as a "four-year-old".
He said: "What Romero did was what Romero does. It was just ridiculous to get involved right in front of the referee, and just kick out at someone. It's just so stupid. If my four-year-old did that I'd go 'what are you doing?' Ridiculous."
Neville meanwhile, had plenty to say on Simons following his very late challenge on Van Dijk. Pawson initially showed a yellow card but following VAR intervention, that was upgraded to a red.
The pundit said: “Simons was never going to get there. He rakes his studs right down the back of Van Dijk's leg. That's not clever. It’s a poor, poor challenge. It’s a ridiculous challenge.
“He is absolutely nowhere near the football. Malicious, nasty, reckless? Whatever you want to call it. Stupidity.
"Virgil van Dijk is six foot four and 15 stone. If it is the other way around, it's a leg breaker.”
Simons saw red after his challenge was deemed as serious foul play, which constitutes as “a tackle or challenge that endangers the safety of an opponent or uses excessive force or brutality."