Football descriptions can occasionally be overstated, but it is appropriate to refer to the weekend match between Chelsea and Tottenham as a battle.

Thomas Tuchel and Antonio Conte had a falling out, and the two teams weren't shy about voicing their disagreements.

However, Cristian Romero's unpunished act of pulling Chelsea's Marc Cucurella over by his hair during stoppage time may have made headlines. Significant controversy resulted from it because many people were perplexed as to why the VAR had missed it.

Mike Dean, who was in charge of reviewing the incident and writing in his column for the Daily Mail, admitted it was an oversight and is no stranger to controversy. His words were reported by The Telegraph.

You may come to realize your actions could have been different in retrospect.

“I asked referee Anthony Taylor to wait while I looked at the incident involving Tottenham’s Cristian Romero and Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella.”

I could not award a free-kick as VAR, but I could recommend to Taylor that he visit the referee review area to consider a possible red card. In the few seconds I had to study Romero pulling Cucurella’s hair, I didn’t deem it a violent act. "