Chelsea fans complaining about the refereeing performance during their highly entertaining but ultimately frustrating 2-2 draw with Tottenham have been told their annoyance is rightly justified.
Blues supporters were unhappy, alongside Thomas Tuchel who took a strong public line against Anthony Taylor, with the referee's decisions in the final half an hour of the game in particular. Along with Mike Dean on VAR, fans had vented their anger at Taylor's appointment for such a big game after the 43-year-old's previous matches involving Chelsea.
Taylor missed a foul on Kai Havertz in the build-up to Pierre-Emile Højbjerg's equaliser at 1-1 before VAR then allowed the goal to stand despite Richarlison seemingly stood in the path of the ball and in an offside position. The breaking point came when Cristian Romero pulled Marc Cucurella's hair during the corner before Harry Kane's headed equaliser. Despite Dean looking at the incident on VAR, no decision was given and Spurs would equalise with the resulting set-piece.
