Pochettino is angry with Chelsea’s disallowed goal and says VAR “damaged English football” | english football

Mauricio Pochettino was not happy with the disallowance of the goal that would have turned Chelsea around in their 2-2 draw against Aston Villa this Saturday, in the 35th round of the Premier League. After a VAR review, referee Craig Pawson awarded a foul on the play before Disasi’s goal. The Argentine coach said that the implementation of the video referee had damaged English football.

I think (VAR) is damaging English football for me

— Pochettino

After Aston Villa led 2-0 at home, Chelsea snatched the equalizer with goals from Madueke and Gallagher. In the final minutes, Disasi turned the game around. But, after checking with the VAR, the referee called a foul at the beginning of the play inside the area and disallowed the goal.

For Pochettino, the field referee’s decision should be sovereign. This was one of the Argentine coach’s complaints to the British TNT Sports.

— Everyone who watched the game felt disappointed. They have two different things. When the referee calls the foul, cancels the goal and goes to the VAR to confirm it, it’s one thing. But, when the referee didn’t see anything, he went to VAR and changed the decision… I don’t want to say anything bad about the referee, but it’s unbelievable, ridiculous. It’s hard to accept this kind of thing — he commented.

— Because in the semi-final, last week, there was a handball in the FA Cup. That wasn’t a penalty, the VAR said it wasn’t a penalty and the referee didn’t check. This situation… Yes, of course, it is very painful because I think (VAR) is damaging English football for me, it is damaging the image of football. Neither the players nor even the fans understood why he disallowed the goal — he concluded.

With the draw away from home, Chelsea remain in 9th place with 48 points and far from fighting for a place in any European competition next season.