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Matt Ritchie's boot on Alfie Mawson was incredibly similar to that of Sadio Mane on Ederson apart from the way the Newcastle man made contact

Related Topics: Alfie Mawson, Matt Ritchie

Newcastle United's Matt Ritchie was awarded a yellow card for a high boot on Swansea City's Alfie Mawson during Sunday's Premier League fixture at the Liberty Stadium.

Comparisons were immediately drawn with Sadio Mane's high boot that connected with Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson on Saturday. The Liverpool man was sent off for his challenge.

Here, Sportsmail's expert referee Graham Poll explains why the two incidents were different.

Matt Ritchie committed the high foot offence when challenging Alfie Mawson for the ballu00a0
Matt Ritchie committed the high foot offence when challenging Alfie Mawson for the ball

Matt Ritchie high boot - why only yellow?

When Matt Ritchie flew in with a high boot towards Alfie Mawson you could see he was clearly worried which colour card Mike Jones would produce - no doubt after the attention Sadio Mane's red card attracted the day before.