"The ball had gone out for a Chelsea goal kick, and the visitors were setting up for the restart when they almost gift-wrapped an opportunity from the spot for Burnley. We're accustomed these days to short set-pieces putting sides in danger, but Trevoh Chalobah almost did so under absolutely no pressure from the opposition. As is now common, the centre-back placed himself on the edge of the six-yard box, close to goalkeeper Robert Sanchez,"
"and the gloveman, with the ball stopped, duly appeared to play a short pass along the ground to his colleague. Then, inexplicably, Chalobah stopped the ball with his hand to commence the dead-ball situation. Justifiably, the Burnley contingent waiting around the edge of the penalty area felt Sanchez had already done so with his pass, and as such appealed furiously for a penalty for Chalobah's alleged handball."
A Chelsea goal-kick nearly produced a penalty when Trevoh Chalobah stopped the ball with his hand during a restart. The incident occurred around the half-hour mark in an attritional game at Turf Moor with little attacking pressure beforehand. Robert Sanchez appeared to play a short ground pass to Chalobah, after which Chalobah stopped the ball by hand to begin the dead-ball situation. Burnley players appealed forcefully for a penalty, and commentators reacted with exasperation, but referee Peter Bankes did not sanction the handball. Chelsea later scored the opener through Pedro Neto.
Read at www.fourfourtwo.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]