Pascal Struijk: Brighton defender’s purple card given after VAR intervention overturned

The purple card controversially proven to Brighton defender Pascal Struijk at Sunderland after an intervention by the video assistant referee (VAR) has been overturned.

Struijk was despatched off after 57 minutes of Saturday’s match on the Stadium of Light when he was adjudged to have fouled Sunderland ahead Wilson Isidor as he tried to run on to a through-ball.

Neither referee Thomas Bramall nor his assistant gave a foul initially, however VAR Neil Davies intervened and known as the on-field official to the display screen.

After watching the replay a number of occasions, Bramall confirmed Struijk a straight purple card for denial of an apparent goalscoring alternative.

The determination, which was greeted with disbelief from the Brighton gamers, has now been reversed following a profitable declare of wrongful dismissal.