Chelsea fans complaining about the refereeing performance during
their highly entertaining but ultimately frustrating 2-2 draw with
Tottenham have been told their annoyance is rightly justified.
Blues supporters were unhappy, alongside Thomas Tuchel who took
a strong public line against Anthony Taylor, with the referee's
decisions in the final half an hour of the game in particular. Along
with Mike Dean on VAR, fans had vented their anger at Taylor's
appointment for such a big game after the 43-year-old's previous
matches involving Chelsea.
Taylor missed a foul on Kai Havertz in the build-up to Pierre-Emile
Højbjerg's equaliser at 1-1 before VAR then allowed the goal to
stand despite Richarlison seemingly stood in the path of the ball and
in an offside position. The breaking point came when Cristian
Romero pulled Marc Cucurella's hair during the corner before Harry
Kane's headed equaliser . Despite Dean looking at the incident on
VAR, no decision was given and Spurs would equalise with the
resulting set-piece.
READ MORE: Why Thiago Silva shouted at Kalidou Koulibaly as
Chelsea beat Everton but prepare for Spurs test
Largely, Chelsea's moans have been backed up, though Graeme
Souness took a differing line , and now former-Premier League
referee Mark Halsey has come to Tuchel and Chelsea's defence.
He took to Twitter to voice his opinions on the hair, pull, saying, "a
red card should have been shown for violent conduct."
Halsey has been vocal about the quality of refereeing in England, a
subject that always rustles a lot of feathers. Before the season he
admitted that this was going to be one of the worst pools of officials
ever seen. He wrote, "they are all still learning their trade at the
highest level so why were they not trusted in more games last
season to prepare? For new refs, it's like a Championship club being
promoted into the Prem, you face a sink or swim scenario.
"I believe the succession planning from [Mike] Riley has been poor
and I hope that will improve when [Howard] Webb arrives because it
is staggering to lose the experience of 1,570 Prem games from
Dean, Atkinson, Moss and Friend in one summer.
"The Prem has gone from 22 refs to 19 and, of the remaining
number, only 12 have taken charge of 100 or more matches. As a
result the pressure on the rookies to step up and deliver will increase
and leaves the league with the poorest set of officials in many a
year."
Halsey, who stopped refereeing in 2012/13 due to illness, has been
outspoken on the topic since his retirement, but paints a vivid picture
of the current officiating scene. Even with his countenance Chelsea
and their fans aren't likely to be much happier with the outcome of
the game and had a petition to stop him refereeing future games
with over 10,000 signatures in less than one hour.

https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/news/referee-blasts-taylor-dean-chelsea-24758057
mynd44 oam4j lalasticlala seun semid4lyfe honeric01

God Punish Anthony Taylor

Chelsea played against twelve men on the pitch yesterday.

Anthony Taylor reminds me of that Ref wey blow Chelsea vs Barca semi final wey Iniesta long range screamer sent many to untimely death

drmuchin:
Anthony Taylor reminds me of that Ref wey blow Chelsea vs Barca semi final wey Iniesta long range screamer sent many to untimely death

If you don't know what to say. Please hush. Omo that goal pain me scatter. My head wan burn

Joey4321:




If you don't know what to say. Please hush. Omo that goal pain me scatter. My head wan burn

My heart froze for like 3 seconds that day. I no fit breathe

You people should move on. It's part of the game.

EPL referees are too corrupt

ManirBK:
Chelsea fans complaining about the refereeing performance during
their highly entertaining but ultimately frustrating 2-2 draw with
Tottenham have been told their annoyance is rightly justified.
Blues supporters were unhappy, alongside Thomas Tuchel who took
a strong public line against Anthony Taylor, with the referee's
decisions in the final half an hour of the game in particular. Along
with Mike Dean on VAR, fans had vented their anger at Taylor's
appointment for such a big game after the 43-year-old's previous
matches involving Chelsea.
Taylor missed a foul on Kai Havertz in the build-up to Pierre-Emile
Højbjerg's equaliser at 1-1 before VAR then allowed the goal to
stand despite Richarlison seemingly stood in the path of the ball and
in an offside position. The breaking point came when Cristian
Romero pulled Marc Cucurella's hair during the corner before Harry
Kane's headed equaliser . Despite Dean looking at the incident on
VAR, no decision was given and Spurs would equalise with the
resulting set-piece.
READ MORE: Why Thiago Silva shouted at Kalidou Koulibaly as
Chelsea beat Everton but prepare for Spurs test
Largely, Chelsea's moans have been backed up, though Graeme
Souness took a differing line , and now former-Premier League
referee Mark Halsey has come to Tuchel and Chelsea's defence.
He took to Twitter to voice his opinions on the hair, pull, saying, "a
red card should have been shown for violent conduct."
Halsey has been vocal about the quality of refereeing in England, a
subject that always rustles a lot of feathers. Before the season he
admitted that this was going to be one of the worst pools of officials
ever seen. He wrote, "they are all still learning their trade at the
highest level so why were they not trusted in more games last
season to prepare? For new refs, it's like a Championship club being
promoted into the Prem, you face a sink or swim scenario.
"I believe the succession planning from [Mike] Riley has been poor
and I hope that will improve when [Howard] Webb arrives because it
is staggering to lose the experience of 1,570 Prem games from
Dean, Atkinson, Moss and Friend in one summer.
"The Prem has gone from 22 refs to 19 and, of the remaining
number, only 12 have taken charge of 100 or more matches. As a
result the pressure on the rookies to step up and deliver will increase
and leaves the league with the poorest set of officials in many a
year."
Halsey, who stopped refereeing in 2012/13 due to illness, has been
outspoken on the topic since his retirement, but paints a vivid picture
of the current officiating scene. Even with his countenance Chelsea
and their fans aren't likely to be much happier with the outcome of
the game and had a petition to stop him refereeing future games
with over 10,000 signatures in less than one hour.

https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/news/referee-blasts-taylor-dean-chelsea-24758057
mynd44 oam4j lalasticlala seun semid4lyfe honeric01

Very correct.

Rather than the FA admit their error to appoint Kpalasa Referred for the match,they resort to use both opposition club Managers Tuchel & content as scape goats.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cristian-romero-should-have-been-sent-off-for-hair-pull-on-marc-cucurella-6g659hthf