MARCO SILVA was ordered down the tunnel by referee Rob Jones after a furious meltdown on the sidelines during Chelsea vs Fulham.
Silva was left seething after Chelsea scored a goal in the ninth minute of added time in the first half to go 1-0 up, despite only eight minutes being added on.
AlamyMarco Silva was furious at Chelsea’s late goal in added time of the first half against Fulham[/caption]
ReutersJoao Pedro put Chelsea ahead in the ninth minute of added time at the end of the first half[/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]
X/ footballontntSilva vented his frustration was he walked away from Jones and his assistants[/caption]
The Fulham boss was visibly frustrated as Joao Pedro nodded home Chelsea’s goal right before the break.
So much so that he waited on the sidelines for referee Jones after the half-time whistle had been blown.
But the official was having none of it, ordering Silva to go down the tunnel before he could even utter a word to him.
Pedro’s goal had come 58 seconds beyond the eight minutes of added time that was set out by the fourth official.
However, the amount of time added by the referee is always deemed to be a minimum, with the ref allowed to extend it beyond the initial number at their discretion.
Silva was already frustrated having seen his side’s opener earlier in the half chalked off by Jones after a VAR review.
Josh King’s goal was disallowed following a VAR review after Rodrigo Muniz was deemed to have trodden on the toe of Trevoh Chalobah.
King had brilliantly brought the ball forward himself and tucked his effort into the bottom corner.
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]
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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.
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…”.
A further frustration for Silva will have been that, had VAR not intervened earlier in the game, the additional time in which Chelsea scored their goal would not have been added.
Silva resorted to laughing instead of venting anger in the second half when Chelsea were awarded a penalty by VAR after Ryan Sessegnon was deemed to have handled the ball in the box.
Enzo Fernandez calmly doubled Chelsea’s lead from the spot – a lead that they kept hold of to win 2-0.
Speaking about the controversial decisions after the game, Silva fumed: “As someone who loves football, I feel sad. Just sad.
“In the first half I saw my team playing outstanding football. Playing football – not trying to be fake, not parking the bus or something like that.
“All the decisions from the VAR and the referee made a massive impact on the game. The second half was not at the level I would like to see from our team.”
Adding: “Similar incidents for the opposition and for us, they decide in a different way.
“We are here to learn and to understand things but for me it is almost impossible for me to feel it is going to be balanced in the end.
“I would love to explain many things. For example, the first goal. There were eight minutes of added time, they score in the ninth. He [Jones] has to stop the game, it’s the rules.
“I asked the referee, he told me that we lost time because he was talking to a player. I checked the video – the game didn’t stop one second. What can I say? Chelsea won the game and we move on.
“I make mistakes, the referee can make mistakes. The Premier League is so intense, so tough, but when it is black and white you cannot see something that was not there.”
PAEnzo Fernandez doubled the Blues’ lead from the spot[/caption] Creator – [#item_custom_dc:creator]
