Referees do not go into Premier League games blind about each team's tactics. Fans get frustrated by corners being retaken, but Cann says this is because "grappling often begins before the corner is taken". "My Saturday afternoons are now spent sitting next to Alan Shearer watching all the Premier League matches," Cann said. It might be that a law change really is needed to stop players throwing each other around as a corner is about to be taken. Or maybe it is just a Premier League problem.

Source: BBC March 02, 2026 18:27 UTC