Josh King believed he had scored his first Premier League goal when he finished low past Robert Sanchez in the 22nd minute. The attack began from Fulham winning the ball near their own box and involved three passes that released King behind Chelsea's defence. Referee Robert Jones reviewed the build-up on the pitchside monitor and judged Rodrigo Muniz to have committed a careless challenge on Trevoh Chalobah near the halfway line. The goal was disallowed and play restarted with a Chelsea free-kick. Former defender Curtis Davies criticized the VAR intervention and questioned the 'clear and obvious' threshold.
Fulham's Josh King thought he had scored the first Premier League goal of his career with a smart finish against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. The 18-year-old England Under-19s midfielder wheeled away in celebration after the goal was given on-field, but it was later chalked off following a video assistant referee (VAR) intervention. The move began with Fulham winning the ball just outside their own box, and three passes later King was in behind the Chelsea defence.
King raced into the box and shifted the ball on to his right foot to take Blues centre-back Tosin Adarabioyo out of play, before firing low past goalkeeper Robert Sanchez in the 22nd minute. But referee Robert Jones was instructed to take a look at the pitchside monitor for a foul in the build-up to the goal. Rodrigo Muniz was deemed to have fouled Trevoh Chalobah as he tried to turn the Chelsea defender near the halfway line.
In the Premier League rulebook, a "careless challenge" is deemed one with a "lack of attention or consideration when making a challenge or acts without precaution". But not everyone agreed with the decision to rule out the goal. "The whole point of VAR - and this is my frustration, we've probably said this a thousand times I'm getting bored of saying it - is 'clear and obvious'," former Aston Villa and Derby County defender Curtis Davies told BBC Radio 5 Live.
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