Shame he couldn't score a penalty for Norwich but he did everything else in his power to ensure they went through. How funny was that? Graham, I salute you.
His performance was immensely enjoyable and I actually think he got all the diving decisions right. The Pedro one was clear cut, with no contact whatsoever, whilst Morata felt a touch on his shoulder and projected himself forwards and downwards as if starting the 100 metres freestyle. Obviously the Willian incident was the most contentious, where the defender made a somewhat reckless challenge, but Willian had begun his dive before the slight contact was made. All the pundits said it was an obvious penalty, but I thought the ref got that one right too. Shame about the pens.
The geezer was crap, agree about Pedro & morata poss, Willian was totally wrong, the bloke lost it & not consulting var!
When i saw this match on Chelsea v Norwich I took the fuse out of the TV and glad to report no one was infected in my household. I was hoping for a swarm of locusts to eat everyone at the venue
I thought William should have got a pen, and no card. The defender took both his shins and not the ball, and his fall looked like the result of the tackle. But the Ref right there ought to know better than anyone looking at a camera anywhere. VAR for goal line, side line, and offside looks fine, but apart from the player himself a Ref, right there able to see, but also smell and sense the whole situation is far better placed than a camera can show if it was a good dive or a foul.
I think we are missing the point. It's CFC so the fairness of it goes out of the window! Agree re Willian and found it hilarious that the other 2 dives resulted in red cards. couldn't happen to a nicer bunch.
I imagine quite a few of the Scum players had great difficulty standing up in today's gale force winds...
Don't get the hatred for Norwich. Is it 1976 based as I was there for that but apart from that they seem ok, other than beating us at their place, regularly. Am I missing something?
