Leeds United put up a great fight Stamford Bridge but came away from the game with nothing following the 3-1 defeat.
However, there was a key moment in the game when the score was at 2-1 and Phil Hay has delivered his verdict on what he feels should have happened at this time.
Phil Hay and his tweet following the game
There was a moment in the match where Chelsea’s Ben Chillwell clipped Ian Poveda in the box. Hay tweeted: “That replay of Chilwell’s challenge on Poveda – if Poveda goes down, that’s a penalty (going by previous decisions by VAR, although they don’t necessarily mean anything).”
This will frustrate Leeds
When Liverpool played Brighton last week, a penalty was given for a similar incident. The only difference was that Danny Welbeck went down under the challenge, despite light contact, whilst Poveda didn’t.
Nobody wants to see players diving, however, it seems like sometimes they only get decisions if they go down after contact. Therefore, maybe Poveda should have gone down as Hay says.
VAR also needs to be more consistent and give decisions constantly for the same sort of fouls. However, it seems that game-by-game, decisions are very different and it is causing a fair bit of frustration amongst football fans.
Poveda is a tricky attacker, with Danny Mills praising him in his performance against Manchester City as he said: “I thought he was superb when he came on. He looked really sharp, full of energy and kept the ball really well.”
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