Fulham’s Josh King thought he had scored the primary Premier League purpose of his profession with a sensible end towards Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
The 18-year-old England Underneath-19s midfielder wheeled away in celebration after the purpose was given on-field, nevertheless it was later chalked off following a video assistant referee (VAR) intervention.
The transfer started with Fulham profitable the ball simply outdoors their very own field, and three passes later King was in behind the Chelsea defence.
King raced into the field and shifted the ball on to his proper foot to take Blues centre-back Tosin Adarabioyo out of play, earlier than firing low previous goalkeeper Robert Sanchez within the twenty second minute.
However referee Robert Jones was instructed to try the pitchside monitor for a foul within the build-up to the purpose.
Rodrigo Muniz was deemed to have fouled Trevoh Chalobah as he tried to show the Chelsea defender close to the midway line.
The referee introduced to the group that King’s purpose was dominated out for a “careless problem”.
“After evaluate, the Fulham quantity 9 commits a careless problem, stands on the foot of the Chelsea defender, subsequently we disallow the purpose and we restart with a Chelsea free-kick. There can be no additional motion,” the referee was quoted as saying by the Premier League match centre on X.
Within the Premier League rulebook, a “careless problem” is deemed one with a “lack of consideration or consideration when making a problem or acts with out precaution”.
However not everybody agreed with the choice to rule out the purpose.
“The entire level of VAR – and that is my frustration, we have most likely mentioned this a thousand instances I am becoming bored of claiming it – is ‘clear and apparent’,” former Aston Villa and Derby County defender Curtis Davies informed BBC Radio 5 Reside.
“We’re watching a younger lad run away and rating a purpose and it is getting pulled again for nothing.
“It is truthfully ridiculous and you are going to search for a needle in a haystack with each resolution.”
Match of the Day pundit Danny Murphy added: “It is the worst resolution I’ve seen this season. It is a full lack of awareness of the sport.
“Muniz tried to do a beautiful little bit of ability and as he places his foot right down to steadiness himself he catches Chalobah. VAR disallowed the purpose as a result of they’ve mentioned it is a careless problem – nevertheless it’s not a problem, it is a pirouette in the course of the pitch.
“It is completely terrible officiating. It is one factor getting the referee to return and have a look at it, however for Rob Jones to not see that it is not a deal with is weird. I do not suppose anybody who understands the sport, whether or not you have performed it or not, can provide that as a free-kick.”
This text is the most recent from BBC Sport’s Ask Me Something crew.
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