Rice red card was part of PGMOL summer briefing

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At the start of last season, the PGMOL made an effort to stamp out 'participant behaviour' and that included things like delaying the restart during games. Last campaign, yellow cards for delaying the restart nearly doubled as referees enforced that law. This summer, clubs, players and managers were briefed that situations which were "clear, deliberate and impactful" would be penalised and that is why Declan Rice received a second yellow card on Saturday.

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