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Chelsea beat Fulham 1-0 on Saturday, and Marco Silva, the manager of Fulham, was angry that VAR did not show Malo Gusto a red card for a charge on Willian.
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Wednesday, Chelsea lost the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final to Middlesbrough. They got back on track by beating Fulham thanks to Cole Palmer’s penalty kick in the 94th minute after Raheem Sterling had been brought down in the box.
But there was a controversial moment before that when Gusto hit Willian on the ankle with a straight leg. However, referee Anthony Taylor was not sent to the pitchside monitor by VAR Michael Salisbury.
Silva couldn’t figure out why the French fullback stayed on the pitch. He blamed VAR for not calling for a review and said that fourth official Simon Hooper agreed that it should have been a red card.
When asked what he thought about the game, Silva told TNT Sports, “After the first 15 to 20 minutes, I think we started to make things difficult. We had a great chance to score first, but the goalkeeper made a great save.”
“Unfortunately, that was followed by the penalty, which would have put them ahead at halftime.” Before that, we need to talk about the red card. For Gusto, it’s clear that there needs to be a red card.
“It’s hard to understand why things aren’t stable at the level we’re all at; the Premier League is the Premier League.”
“Probably 10 times like that, nine have been red cards so far.” The player was in trouble that afternoon, but there wasn’t a red card given. It was a clear, dangerous hit that was missed.
“That’s a clear red card for me.” VAR looked again, and this time they didn’t give.
“In the second half, we tried to respond, and Chelsea also had some chances.” We also had our chances. Even though the game was more open, giving them more time to see how fast and good their attacking players were, we fought until the end.
He was asked if he knew why Gusto’s challenge wasn’t a red card. Silva answered, “Just from the fourth official, we have spoken.”
“Of course I don’t want to say what he said, but I agree with him.” It’s not for him, though; it’s for the VAR.
“That’s a clear VAR call at that point.” It doesn’t matter what the fourth official or the other people who saw the pictures at halftime think; the VAR has to make a decision.
“Of course, Antony Taylor only gave a yellow card at that time.” The judge made the right call, but I think the VAR should have been there to help.
“Again, this kind of tackle has gotten someone sent off nine times in 10 games this season.” It wasn’t this afternoon.
