The biggest talking point from last weekend’s Premier League fixtures came during Chelsea’s home game against West Ham United.
The game, which was hugely competitive from start to finish, saw West Ham unfairly lose 2-1.
However, in the match’s closing stages, fans saw Maxwel Cornet score a very late equaliser only for it to be overturned and ruled out by VAR.
The contentious decision, which saw the likes of David Moyes and captain Declan Rice rightfully fume, meant that the Hammers took nothing away from last weekend’s fixture.
MORE: “I was surprised…” – Former Man United star responds to Antony debut against Arsenal
Taking to Twitter after the game, Rice posted a tweet to his near half-a-million followers saying Saturday’s VAR decision is ‘up with the worst ones’ ever.
That’s up there with one of the worst VAR decisions made since it’s come into the game. Shambles ?
— Declan Rice (@_DeclanRice) September 3, 2022
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
However, although the England international’s frustrations are understandable, pundit and former club owner Simon Jordan has slammed the 24-year-old for his choice of words.
“He hasn’t learned his lesson has he?” Jordan said.
“He got himself sanctioned recently for flapping his gums about a referee. He’ll appeal to the masses, people will go, ‘well done Declan for saying it’. But you know, keep your council. You got sanctioned six months ago for calling a referee a cheat.”
Declan did not call the referee a cheat, but he is clearly not up to the job, nor are the so called independent arbiters at Stockley Park who make glaring mistakes as often as I have hot meals.
No doubt it is coincidence but the mistakes usually favour the big six.