Large sections of both Chelsea and Crystal Palace supporters are disagreeing on whether Thiago Silva should have been shown a red card. The Blues were on the back foot in the first-half and the 38-year-old defender was caught up in an altercation with Jordan Ayew.
The pair tussled with one another just inside the west Londoners' half. Silva then went down under the pressure of the Palace forward and, in a typical modern football manner, the Brazil international clawed the ball away from Ayew who would have had an abundance of space to run in behind Chelsea's backline.
Silva was shown a yellow card by referee Chris Kavanagh and the video assistant referee quickly intervened to check for a possible red card offence. VAR decided against sending the Blues centre-half off; a handful of frames showed Ayew begin to run wide, which is said to be the reason for VAR to not brandish a red card in this scenario.
