Former Premier League official Mike Dean has said he let an on-field mistake go uncorrected out of concern for his close friend Anthony Taylor.
The incident took place during Chelsea's match versus Tottenham at the beginning of the previous campaign.
However, the Blues believed they should have been given a penalty immediately before Kane scored because Cristian Romero tugged Marc Cucurella's hair inside the area.
“I missed the stupid hair pull at Chelsea versus Tottenham which was pathetic from my point of view,” Dean told Up Front with Simon Jordan.
“It’s one of them where if I had my time again, what would I do? I’d send Anthony [Taylor] to the screen.
“I think I knew if I did send him to the screen … he’s cautioned both managers, he’s had a hell of a game, it’s been such a tough game end to end. I said to Anthony afterwards: ‘I just didn’t want to send you to the screen after what has gone on in the game’.
“I didn’t want to send him up because he is a mate as well as a referee and I think I didn’t want to send him up because I didn’t want any more grief than he already had.
“Anthony, he is big and bald and ugly enough to know if he is going to the screen, he is going to the screen for a reason. If someone pulls their hair now, it’s dead easy. It’s just a brainwave by me, a really bad call by me, and it kind of affected me as VAR going forward.”
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