There has been much talk about the FA’s decision regarding Torres’s behavior during the match against Tottenham. The only sanction the Spaniard got was a one match suspension that is standard punishment for a red card. The fact that he behaved inappropriately and he displayed aggressive behavior against Vertonghen throughout the entire match remained unsanctioned. After a decision was made people found the panel’s decision quite odd especially because of the strange explanation that was given for the outcome of the case. The three ex-referees that analyzed the Torres issue recommended not sanctioning him by saying a punishment would be of a retroactive nature which is unacceptable. The strange thing is that if such a thing were true, none of the post-match analysis would have any meaning.

According to the Daily Mail the Torres case made FA chairman, Greg Dyke want to consider changing the way such situations are handled. The FA boss was obviously unsatisfied with the way things went down and publicly expressed his disappointment with the outcome of the panel’s inquiry.

There was a lot of talk about what happened at White Hart Lane during the Leaders in Football conference that took place at Stamford Bridge. Dyke reminded the people present that there is no excuse for letting Torres go unpunished especially with all the cameras that offer in detail images which are more than enough to prove or dismiss any action that the referee might have missed.  He also recalled a similar moment in which ex-Chelsea star, Dennis Wise had a physical encounter with Nicky Butt that went unsanctioned because of the lack of game images.

Dyke was upset with the fact that he is not able to explain why Torres did not get any type of sanction. He also reminded people that many stakeholders hold interest in the outcome of the Spaniard’s case. Even so he still considers rules have to change for something like this never to happen again and wished the rules could be adjusted now rather than having to wait until the end of the season when such matters are reviewed and new laws implemented.