Tottenham can feel hard done by by the decision not to send Jayden Bogle off for his tackle on Mathys Tel over the weekend.

The Leeds defender lunged in on the Frenchman during the Whites’ 1-0 win over Spurs at Elland Road, and the challenge left the forward in agony on the turf.

He was spotted in crutches after the game, with Spurs head coach Roberto De Zerbi fearing the worst for the winger on the injury front.

Tel was forced off immediately, replaced by Dominic Solanke on 42 minutes.

Tottenham filed an official complaint to the refereeing body Pro Ref after the match, incensed at the lack of a red card, despite there being a pitchside VAR review by match official John Brooks in Yorkshire.

Injury blow: Mathys Tel

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On Sky Sports’ ‘Ref Watch’ programme, former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher admitted that Bogle was very fortunate to stay on the pitch following the incident.

“I think it is a red card,” he said.

“He is extremely lucky, he catches him across the Achilles, high, we have this directive of 'above the ankle, or Achilles' and that falls under that line.

“We saw it with Ryan Sessegnon a few weeks ago with a similar tackle and [Jean-Philippe] Mateta last week.”

Former Spurs manager Tim Sherwood said that he “would not have been surprised” to see the right-back dismissed, while ex-Premier League striker Jay Bothroyd claimed that the tackle was “accidental” and that he did “not want to see red cards for those kinds of challenges”.