For a while it looked like Chelsea would beat Arsenal.
Currently, the weaker and less successful London club could win against a candidate for the title. He was still winning 2:0 in the 77th minute.
Then came two huge goalkeeping mistakes, before that the Chelsea players had argued over who should have taken the penalty and the one who should have taken it should have been shown a red card. The English football legend criticized the hand rule, so social media had a constant supply of controversy and jokes throughout the 90 minutes.
But it’s fine.
What you will read in the text:
that the scorer of Chelsea’s first goal should have received a red card; that a teammate then wanted to take the ball away from Palmer before the penalty; that the home goalkeeper made a big mistake; and that, according to Gary Lineker, he is responsible for the situation surrounding Arsenal goalkeeper Mikel Arteta.
How to fight for a penalty
The match began with a minute’s silence for the late Sir Bobby Charlton, a legend of Manchester United and the whole of English football.
Cole Palmer should have received a red card already in the 8th minute. From behind, after playing the ball with the bottom of his boot, he stepped on the ankle of Gabriel Jesus. However, he received a yellow card and was allowed to continue.
In Liverpool’s controversial game against Tottenham almost a month ago (that’s the one where the crazy offside was called and the referees didn’t blow for it for a week) for an almost identical foul he got Curtis Jones red card. Pundits criticized it, but they couldn’t do anything, and along with the decision mentioned above, it greatly affected the match.
Judge for yourself here.
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2023-10-21 22:50:19
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