FANS were left baffled after Fulham’s opening goal against Chelsea was ruled out for a “careless challenge”.
Josh King’s first half opener was disallowed following a VAR review after Rodrigo Muniz was deemed to have trodden on the toe of Trevoh Chalobah.
APFulham’s Josh King had his spectacular solo goal ruled out after a VAR review[/caption]
ReutersReferee Rob Jones ruled out the goal after being sent to the monitor[/caption]
ReutersRodrigo Muniz was deemed to have fouled Chelsea’s Trevoh Chalobah while performing a roulette in the build up to the goal[/caption]
TNT SPORTA VAR review showed that Muniz stood on Chalobah’s foot[/caption]
King had coolly tucked away his first senior goal for the Cottagers to put the visitors ahead in the London derby.
But celebrations with the travelling support were cut short when referee Rob Jones was told to review a foul in the build up.
King had brilliantly brought the ball forward himself and tucked his effort into the bottom corner.
But teammate Muniz was deemed to have fouled Chalobah while trying to perform a roulette in the build up.
Muniz, turned while in possession of the ball and stood on the foot of the Chelsea defender who was trying to tackle him.
After being sent to the monitor to review the decision, referee Jones ruled the goal out and said the Muniz had made a “careless challenge” – despite being in possession of the ball when the foul was made.
Jones said : “After review, Fulham number nine commits a careless challenge, stands on the foot of the Chelsea defender, therefore we disallow the goal and we restart with a Chelsea free kick. There would be no further action.”
Fulham boss Marco Silva was incensed by the decision, cutting a frustrated figure on the sidelines.
EPAMarco Silva was furious after the decision to rule out the goal[/caption]
TNT SportsSilva waited for the referee at half time[/caption]
TNT SportsJones told Silva to head down the tunnel as he tried to approach him[/caption]
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The manager even waited for Jones on the sidelines after the half-time whistle, seemingly wanting to discuss the chalked off goal.
But the official was having none of it, pointing towards the tunnel and telling Silva to head inside.
While fans were in the same camp, slamming the ruling on social media.
One supporter labelled the call as “scandalous”, while another claimed that VAR is “ruining football“.
Chants of “you don’t know what your doing” could also be heard from the away end.
It wasn’t just fans that were voicing their opinions either.
Former Chelsea ace Joe Cole, who was on the commentary team for TNT Sports, claimed that giving fouls for moments like that is “sanitising football”.
While ex-Man Utd and England star Rio Ferdinand wrote on X: “VAR killing this young man’s moment…”.
King, 18, made his debut for Fulham last season and is highly rated by the Craven Cottage club.
But he will have to wait for his first goal having had this one chalked off.
AFPYoungster Josh King will have to wait for his first Fulham goal[/caption] Creator – [#item_custom_dc:creator]
