WATFORD’S match against Norwich was suspended due to floodlight failure.
The floodlights in each corner of Vicarage Road began to dim and referee Mike Dean it was unsafe to continue – even though visibility was not interrupted.
The delay lasted ten minutes before the Premier League told Dean to consult the two managers and captains and ask if they were happy to continue, which they were.
And Claudio Ranieri may have regretted that decision when moments later Josh Seargent headed in his second goal of the game to give Norwich a valuable 2-0 lead.
Jamie Carragher said on Sky Sports’ coverage of the game: “It’s absolutely fine. Who decides that they can’t carry on in this light? Is it the referee? They can play, just get on with it.”
Gary Neville added: “The longer this game doesn’t continue the bigger problem they create.
“We’re down here at pitch level and there is absolutely no problem at all.
“I’ve played in strange European stadiums or going away from home with England where you would have far less light than this.
“Someone at the Premier League needs to get a message to Mike Dean to get on with this game now, because this is absolutely a nonsense.”
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Source: The Sun