ANTHONY TAYLOR SHOULDN’T BE ALLOWED TO OFFICIATE CHELSEA MATCHES – THOMAS TUCHEL
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Thomas Tuchel claims his players are worried when they realise referee Anthony Taylor will be overseeing Chelsea games and has proposed that Taylor should not be permitted to officiate Chelsea games.
The Blues manager believed that both of Tottenham’s goals in Sunday’s 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge should not have stood and launched a withering attack on Taylor and VAR official Mike Dean.
Kalidou Koulibaly scored the game’s first goal with a spectacular volley in the 19th minute during a tense match, and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg tied the score with 22 minutes remaining.
Prior to Harry Kane’s 96th-minute equaliser, Reece James restored Chelsea’s lead with 13 minutes left by glancing in a corner from substitute Ivan Perisic.
However, Cristian Romero then looked to drag Marc Cucurella back by the hair as they battled a corner minutes before Harry Kane scored. Rodrigo Bentancur also appeared to foul Kai Havertz in the lead-up to Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg’s equaliser.
Chelsea supporters earlier started an online petition with more than 80,000 signatures asking Taylor to be banned from officiating their matches. The petition cited a number of prior instances.
A new petition set up moments after the final whistle on Sunday garnered almost 10,000 signatures in its first hour.
Asked about the supporters’ view that Taylor has a history of making decisions against Chelsea, Tuchel said: “I don’t think just some of the fans think that. I can assure you the whole dressing room of us, every single person, thinks that.
“I can’t understand how the first goal is not offside and I can’t understand when a player is pulled by their hair, the other player stays on the pitch.
“Pull someone else’s hair, stay on the pitch and attack the last corner. This is for me without any explanation and I don’t want to accept it. Both goals should not stand and it’s a fair result because we were brilliant, deserved to win. This is my point of view.”
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