Chelsea vs. Crystal Palace match thread

Hey Willo
Your hero Clattenfuck has said VAR cannot get involved and on pitch decision to award goal should have stood
Yes the correct procedure is to wait for VAR to clear the goal , then the referee to award it or not . If the ref awards the goal VAR cannot, well not supposed to get involved and the on field decision stands . Between todays decision the blatent handball against Liverpool and the penalty that shouldn't have stood because the Liverpools goalkeepers foot was not behind the line, all smells a bit of UEFA to me .
 
Rubbish look at the photo Caceido was not part of the wall. Furthermore it was VAR who advised the ref, it is quite clear VAR should not have got involved, no excuses
Sadly, that's not relevant because at the moment Eze struck the ball Guehi's momentum had taken both him and Caicedo into the wall hence Guehi was then less than one metre away from the wall.
 
Not the most exciting watch at 1am, but a good point away from home against top 4 contender.
Mitchell and Hughes the best of the bunch for me, although no one reeeeally stood out.
 
Just watched the highlights back.

With a calmer head I’ve got no issue if the referee and VAR want to apply the rules to the strictest interpretation of the law regarding the Eze free kick

But if that’s the case they can’t let Sanchez punch Guehi in the back of the head and give nothing. There was no malice just clumsiness but you can’t just wave play on in that circumstance after what you’ve done previously.
 
Disappointing Edouard was given 10 minutes at the end, Mateta was dead on his feet.
I'm assuming a move is still on and they don't want to risk injury. Hopefully Mateta has enough in him to help us seal the tie on Thursday

Glasner does not seem to trust anyone other than the usual suspects. Esse would have been a better option than Devenney if they were trying to win the game. The latter is much better playing further back, driving forward and passing than receiving the ball higher up.
With all the matches coming up this could quickly catch up with us especially if we do not end with net incomings
 
In the final analysis, Law 13 was applied correctly in today's match.
What focussed attention was the fact that the ball was thwacked in the space Guehi vacated,he was less than 1 metre from an opponent before the ball was in play, and the ball entered the goal.
Yes, but nobody had ever heard of this rule before. And even if they had when was it ever applied?
It may be that the FA have decided, for some bizarre reason, to crack down on this infringement this year but they also said they were going to crack down on grappling at corners and there's been plenty of that so far.
 
Yes, but nobody had ever heard of this rule before. And even if they had when was it ever applied?
It may be that the FA have decided, for some bizarre reason, to crack down on this infringement this year but they also said they were going to crack down on grappling at corners and there's been plenty of that so far.
The rule had been in situ since the 2019-20 season and certainly Oliver Glasner and 'Yours Truly' had been aware of its existence.
Thee is no 'Crack down' this season.
I have already articulated why I believe it was enforced this afternoon. In the final analysis the law was applied correctly in relation to today's incident.
Correct decision, I have nothing more to add.
 
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The rule had been in situ since the 2019-20 season and certainly Oliver Glasner and 'Yours Truly' had been aware of its existence.
Thee is no 'Crack down' this season.
I have already articulated why I believe it was enforced this afternoon. In the final analysis the law was applied correctly in relation to today's incident.
But no one on here has ever seen it applied before. The commentators on Sky were confused about it and had the referee not explained it no one would have known why the goal was disallowed.
Balotelli was wrong. It's not always him. It's always us.
 

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