Jonjo Shelvey should have been sent off for poor challenge on Paul Pogba... Fatigue over Christmas period may explain why referee did not issue a red Jonjo Shelvey's challenge could have caused severe injury to Paul Pogba He caught Manchester United midfielder on the back of the knee Referee Andre Marriner failed to recognise the severity of the challenge Fatigue may have contributed in his failure to spot it was a red card challengeBy Mark Clattenburg for the Daily Mail Published: 22:53 GMT, 2 January 2019 | Updated: 23:13 GMT, 2 January 2019 Viewcomments It was a very poor challenge from Jonjo Shelvey which could have caused severe injury to Paul Pogba. Shelvey catches Pogba on the back of the knee with his studs showing with very little chance of playing the ball and clearly endangered the safety of his opponent. Andre Marriner, who failed to recognise the severity of the challenge, has had a busy Christmas period. It was a poor challenge from Jonjo Shelvey and could have caused severe injury to Paul Pogba Shelvey caught Pogba on the back of the knee with his studs showing in the second half Referee Andre Marriner failed to spot this this was a red card challenge by Shelvey Fatigue of all the travelling and matches may have contributed in his failure to spot that this is a red card challenge. Pogba knows how bad the challenge was and goes in to gain some retribution later in the match on Shelvey, which failed to even get a yellow card. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility