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With VAR You Never Know

With 0-0 after the first half between Chelsea and West Ham, Antonio opens the score at Stamford Bridge in the 62nd minute with a goal from close range (assist: Declan Rice), before Chilwell pulls Chelsea level.

That sparks a frantic finish, with Maxwel Cornet almost winning it late on for the visitors, only to see his header come back off the post and the Blues immediately score themselves through a clinical Havertz header from Chilwell’s cross.

Then Chelsea’s keeper Edouard Mendy stops Jarrod Bowen in the box. He is on the ground as Cornet takes a touch and hammers a shot into the roof of the net.

89’ GOOOOOOALLL !!! 2-2

Mendy stays down, and VAR checks for possible foul.

After the VAR check West Ham’s goal is disallowed by referee Andrew Madley and Bowen is penalised for a foul on the Chelsea keeper: he just caught Mendy’s arm with his studs as he hurdled him, but contact was minimal.

That seems an extremely harsh call, writes “The Telegraph”. You could also call it a ridiculous decision.

90 min: Chelsea 2 West Ham 1

Robbed.

September 3, 2022 at 5:07 pm 1 comment