Jacob Steinberg’s match report
Marco Silva's reaction
As someone who loves football, I feel sad. Just sad.
In the first half I saw my team playing outstanding football. Playing football – not trying to be fake, not parking the bus or something like that. All the decisions from the VAR and the referee made a massive impact on the game. The second half was not at the level I would like to see from our team.
After all the controversy against Man Utd last week, [it was the same today]. Similar incidents for the opposition and for us, they decide in a different way. We are here to learn and to understand things but for me it is almost impossible for me to feel it is going to be balanced in the end.
To disallow a goal like that is unbelievable. Unbelievable. We have all the meetings with the people in charge; we try to see their direction. One of the main things was: ‘VAR is not here to referee the game’.
I would prefer to say nothing more as I will punished. I want to be on the bench for the next game, I don’t want to pay fines. But it has been difficult with so many decisions against us at the start of the season. Let’s move on.
[Is asked again about it] I would love to explain many things. For example, the first goal. There were eight minutes of added time, they score in the ninth. He has to stop the game, it’s the rules. I asked the referee, he told me that we lost time because he was talking to a player. I checked the video – the game didn’t stop one second. What can I say? Chelsea won the game and we move on.
I make mistakes, the referee can make mistakes. The Premier League is so intense, so tough, but when it is black and white you cannot see something that was not there.
I would like to understand the decisions and how they followed the protocols. That’s the main thing for me because to have these decisions in two games in eight days… it’s too much.
[On the transfer window] I’m probably not in the best mood to talk about it. Let’s see what the club is going to do. We need help to perform and keep improving.
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