The latest Premier League week saw a record number of yellow cards. sunlit1688

sunlit1688 The Premier League last week set a new record with 65 yellow cards. The media outlet analyzed that this may have been a result of the yellow and red cards of Declan Rice, the Arsenal midfielder. sunlit1688

The latest Premier League week, which is the 4th week, ended with the last 2 pairs of Sunday where the victory went to the away team, both Arsenal won at Spurs 1-0 and Newcastle won at Wolverhampton 2-1. ( sunlit1688 )

But the highlight that was talked about the most was the stricter performance of the referees, which resulted in a total of 65 yellow cards, a new Premier League record, and another red card for Jack Stephens, a player for Southampton, in the game against Manchester United.

While the game between Bournemouth and Chelsea, which the away team won 1-0 on Saturday, also set a new record for the most yellow cards in a single match with 14, including both managers Andoni Iraola and Enzo Maresca who were booked.

As the Mirror in England noted, the record-breaking yellow card display was no coincidence, but rather a result of Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice’s yellow and red cards in the match against Brighton before the international break.

Rice was shown a second yellow card after the referee deemed Brighton’s attempt to delay the restart and was sent off, a decision that has been questioned as being too harsh, while Rice also missed Arsenal’s latest derby clash with Spurs.

The outlet said that Rice’s second yellow card in the incident prompted referees to raise the standard of refereeing to include more yellow cards for even minor fouls. 

While many fans thought the referee was trying to show the yellow card to cover up Rice’s yellow and red cards.