Soccer (Closing)

No Drama Chelsea Match Challenge : IMPOSSIBLE

What was that confusing last minute referreeing? BHA shot into Chelsea's defender face and deflect out. Check for possible hand ball even it's clear as day not? Then check complete and no corner? What is the ref doing?

Another game where the result was positive but so many variables that leave a mixed taste in your mouth. Disasi and Badiashille were fucking massive today. They can share MOTM.

Kinda weird seeing brighton fans complaining about ref when they were going down easy and winning soft fouls whole game.

what a fucking shitshow this was

Most Chelsea matches have just been fever dreams as far as I’m concerned. Don’t think I see as many strange and weird events in other matches - not talking about incorrect or controversial - just weird.

The ball hit Colwills large head, obviously it wasnt a pen but why did he give Chelsea possesion? It shouldve been a corner to brighton after the var check.

Chelsea fans: why can't you be normal??

Chelsea: screams

Awesome for Caicedo finishing the game with 4 yellows

Ref standards and VAR standards have been atrocious this season.

Fuck Efan Ekoku and Craig Pawson

If I was not born blessed with the gift of sight, and instead had to rely on Ekokus commentary to understand the game then I would know as much about what actually happened in the match as uncontacted tribes in the Amazon.

Also, Craig Pawson just makes it up as he goes along. Was just bad for both teams.

Bruh how they gonna give a drop ball and not a corner? No guarantee for sure but to rob them even of a chance?

Brighton has enough chances inside the box to just shoot but they choose to move the ball around. Could have scored in one of those.

I don't understand how they add injury time. There's like no rhyme or reason to it.

As a Chelsea fan I am embarrassed by our performance and tactics in the second half. Everyone knows that the right response to going down to 10 is playing a high line, getting ripped to shreds, and claiming the moral victory after the game. This was disgraceful #PochOut #It'sNotWhoWeAreMate

Good game in the end shame it’ll be overshadowed by refs again just like every other game in the past year.

A mix of a bad ref, the worst VAR, and a a truly terrible commentator

Chelsea has got to be the most entertaining team in the world right now for all the good and bad reasons lol

And exhale 😮‍💨 😮‍💨😮‍💨

Why wasn't that a corner after the VAR review

Ohhh fuck me heart..! What a match lol

The pen check + drop ball was one of the most bizarre VAR incidents I've seen.

The funniest possible result

How are all these announcers/commentators seriously claiming the Milner challenge wasn’t a foul? Am I missing something? Surely they’re just trying to be controversial?

This ref lost it and him pointing to the spot incorrectly goes to show how rattled he really was. Like holy shit he almost just gave an incorrect penalty call that was cleared by Var, didn’t card Caicedo for his tackles (genuinely think he lost count). I’m not even a damn Brighton fan and they’re closer to our “rivals” this year than Chelsea too but wow to get everything just so incorrect is baffling to me. Drop ball?! What?

Backing-in mid-air and almost break someone's neck is not even a yellow when a clean tackle with a slightest contact to the ankle by the follow through is a straight red. Can't understand this game

will get downvoted but all the problems with this match was due to the on field ref and not VAR.

Without VAR, the penalty isn’t given when it should’ve been (pawson said no). then pawson isn’t sure about mitoma dive it’s reviewed and rightly no, but pawson doesn’t book him. then the handball, the ref gives and VAR recommends to overturn it and drop ball as that’s the rules.

todays problems are all on the on field ref Pawson, not VAR.

other incidents: caicedo no second yellow? pawson. milner no second yellow? pawson. corner for brightons goal? pawson.

VAR worked well today.

This and the Liverpool result isn’t what I signed up for

That last VAR check was interesting to say the least

IDK what was going on at end but that’s. a huge win

That was one of the worst officiating performances I’ve ever seen in my life

Someone please TLDR the drama. e: thanks all

It was a dropped ball because the ref called a penalty on the pitch

Is the Mudryk penalty really that controversial?

Considering we have one of the biggest absentee lists in the league and so fielded quite possibly one of the worst XI’s we could and Chelsea still struggled is a good sign for us. Consider too that our entire squad cost less than Caiedo was sold to them for too. We get a lot of injuries back next month supposedly, and played just two days ago. Not the worst result. Ref had a nightmare though.

what the fuck were the refs on in the last 10 minutes, absolute carnage

Pawson is a joke

Mastermind De Zerbi bringing on the slowest player in the league against Mudryk.

Also Brighton repeated diving in the 2nd half, not that the ref bothered to book them. Joke of a team.

Joke officials too trying to give Brighton a pen for the ball hitting Colwill in the head.

Another PGMOL masterclass

I'm not saying they made any incorrect decisions, but the way the ref and var ref handled themselves is a farce

Never a pen, but a drop ball makes no sense. Announcers were totally right, such a farce.

Most calm Chelsea game

Aa refereeing display for the ages

why the fuck did var send him to the monitor? clearly hit his head. also went behind for a corner but restarts with a dropkick? the officials are on a different level

Pawson is not at the level a premier league ref should be.

What a performance down a man for a half, not pretty but we count those

What in the actual fuck?

Fucking hell, I’m quitting my job and becoming a ref, becuase clearly you only need to be stupid as shit to be qualified.

Solid survival job after going down to 10 players. Our players need to learn some discipline and stop acting so immature. Learnt nothing in this game about our tactics and stuff. Scrappy win

Referee and VAR performance was horrible

Huge win given we went down to 10 men. They had a fair few starters come on in the second half and we still outplayed them

Terrible game from Pawson. Last ten minutes was a joke, especially the penalty and subsequent drop ball bullshit. Not to mention not giving a clear second yellow to Caicedo earlier