It has been revealed why Referee Robert Jones did not award Chelsea a penalty in the dying embers of the West Ham clash. Conor Gallagher unleashed an effort from just outside the box which struck the arm of Tomas Soucek as he fell to the ground when trying to block said shot.
The Blues players were up in arms, surrounding Madley as they pleaded for a spot-kick. However, despite consultation of the video assistant referee team of David Coote and Nick Greenhalgh, it was ruled that Graham Potter's side would not have the chance to clinch three points from 12-yards.
Speaking to BT Sport, 'referee expert' Peter Walton stated that the wrong decision was made by the on-field referees and the VAR team. He said: "Well when Soucek goes down there, you can clearly see his arm go down.
