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14th April 2018
02:24pm BST

But, not only did referee Mike Dean fail to spot it, he allowed Chelsea to continue with their attack while the Blues players refused to kick the ball out of play.
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, ex-Chelsea player Pat Nevin described it as 'vile.'
"It's horrible," Nevin said. "The cameras are all on Alonso. Everyone knows how vile a tackle that was. There is no excusing that in any way."
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But Southampton's misery turned to a burning sense of injustice when Alonso teed up Giroud for Chelsea's first goal, launching their comeback.
Now, having collapsed in the second half, Southampton are very much staring down the barrel of relegation, but they will be right to feel aggrieved by Alonso getting away with that one.
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