Troy Deeney’s seen all of it in soccer, however was nonetheless bewildered by some questionable refereeing at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea misplaced 3-1 at residence to Brighton as their defensive points had been once more highlighted for the world to see.
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Enzo Fernandez opened the scoring for the hosts however at first of the second half they had been rapidly on the again foot because of a Trevoh Chalobah pink card.
The English centre-back took down the in-form Diego Gomez, who was by means of on objective for a easy pink card.
Referee Simon Hooper initially waved off the foul, however the video assistants suggested him to rethink, a call which took a great 5 minutes.
“This has been three or 4 minutes,” Watford legend Deeney stated. “Then they’ve despatched him to the display now.
“It is taking him one other two or three minutes as a result of he is seen the identical incident 67 occasions. Simply decide, man!
“After they say deliberate goal-scoring alternative, if it is so deliberate why did you not give it within the first place? Why does the VAR ship you to go and have a look at the display?
“You are taking 27 appears to be like on the display and then you definitely say it is deliberate. Truthfully, these referees must get it collectively. I like Simon however get it collectively.”
Deeney wasn’t the one one aggravated although, with the entire stadium fed up with the wait, and likewise lead talkSPORT commentator Olly Clink.
“There’s clear contact from Chalobah on Gomez however Simon Hooper is watching it over and over,” he stated from Stamford Bridge.
“Like Troy says, we now have been ready a great two or three minutes already. He is so clearly the final man due to the mess that Chelsea acquired themselves into and but we nonetheless wait.
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“There’s frustration for all the gamers. There’s frustration from all the followers as nicely and Chalobah awaits his destiny even though he was clearly the final man.”
Extra VAR points for Brighton
If that wasn’t sufficient, there was extra drama on the finish of the match.
Danny Welbeck levelled issues up within the 77th minute, after which with Brighton pushing for a winner ten minutes later, a excessive boot from Malo Gusto within the Chelsea field took down Yankuba Minteh.
“It needs to be a penalty, look how excessive his foot is,” Deeney stated. “Gusto’s been horrible since he’s come on.”
Nevertheless, after a VAR overview, Gusto acquired away with it.
“That’s psychological,” Deeney responded.
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“Are you able to clarify that to me? If that’s not within the field he’s giving a foul and a yellow for harmful play.”
Regardless of all of the chaos, Brighton managed to grasp it and see residence their benefit.
Maxim De Cuyper tapped within the winner within the second minute of stoppage time earlier than Welbeck added the gloss with a pleasant second.
