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Tom Hopkinson

Graham Potter takes Tomas Soucek swipe as VAR controversially denies Chelsea penalty

Graham Potter took a sarcastic swipe at the ‘good save’ from Tomas Soucek that denied Chelsea a late penalty.

But the Blues boss refused to condemn referee Craig Pawson and VAR Neil Swarbrick for failing to spot the handball from Conor Gallagher ’s shot. A decision which led to condemnation of Potter himself from BT Sport pundits Joe Cole and Rio Ferdinand.

“It was a good save,” Potter griped. “You need your goalkeeper sometimes to give you the points. It looks like one of those that if it was given it wouldn’t have been overturned but obviously it wasn’t given.”

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