Crystal Palace chief blasts Chelsea star for breaking ‘world record of fouls committed’ after Chelsea 2-1 win
Steve Parish, the chairman of Crystal Palace, expressed his anger at Chelsea midfielder Jorginho for making too many fouls during their Premier League match on October 1.
At Selhurst Park, Conor Gallagher’s 90th-minute worldie gave the Blues a 2-1 victory.
Odsonne Edouard gave Palace the early advantage in the seventh minute. The Blues’ equalizer was then scored in the 38th minute by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
However, the goal was controversial as Thiago Silva set it up. The question surrounding the Brazilian defender was whether he should have been sent off earlier in the game. The 38-year-old handled the ball deliberately to deny Jordan Awey a goal opportunity but escaped with a yellow card.
Parish tweeted out on the incident:
“Honestly what is the point of #var we chop and change every week what it does what it thinks. #Var must surely think that’s a red but not a ‘clear’ error! Even if it’s not a #dogso which it is He handballs it twice deliberately, one we play on so two yellows! #cpfc #epl.”
Parish was unhappy with Jorginho’s involvement during the game as he wrote on Twitter:
“you can’t be serious – Jorginho literally broke the world record of amount of fouls committed before getting a yellow.”
The win marked Chelsea’s first win under Graham Potter in the former Broghton & Hove Albion manager’s first Premier League game in charge of the Blues. The west London side climbed to fifth spot in the league table.
Crystal Palace, meanwhile, are currently languishing on the 17th spot in the table, having picked up only six points from seven games.