Football pundit Richard Keys has asked why Trevoh Chalobah was sent off against Brighton and compared it to another incident that happened within the same game week.
Chelsea fell to their second successive Premier League defeat in their sixth match of the top flight, losing 3-1 at home to Brighton and Hove Albion. The Blues entered the break with a one-goal advantage, courtesy of an Enzo Fernandez goal in the 24th minute.
Within the opening stages of the second half, however, Brighton danger man Kaoru Mitoma tried to play Georginio Rutter in on goal. Chalobah tackled the Frenchman and following a VAR review, the defender was given his marching orders.
It was the second Premier League game in a row that Chelsea have been reduced to 10 men, with Robert Sanchez having been sent off just moments into their eventual 2-1 loss against Manchester United last time out.
Just as it did against the Red Devils, Chelsea's red card proved catastrophic, as Brighton would score three goals in the second half without reply from the Blues.
In the aftermath of the game, Richard Keys has called into question the logic used to dismiss Chalobah.
'Collins Should've Gone at Brentford'
Brentford captain Nathan Collins applauding the supporters
In game week six's early kick-off, Brentford beat Man United 3-1 in an entertaining clash at the G-Tech Community Stadium. Red Devils skipper Bruno Fernandes saw a penalty saved in the second half, taken at a stage in the game where, had he scored, then he would have levelled the match.
Brentford defender Nathan Collins was the man who tackled Bryan Mbeumo and conceded the penalty, with many asking why the Republic of Ireland international was not sent off for his tackle.
After the game, the Premier League Match Centre, in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, stated that even though Collins had "pulled Mbeumo back," the yellow card was brandished as it was "deemed that Mbeumo wasn't in control of the ball," saving Collins from a sending off.
Keys has since highlighted this, noting that the man fouled by Chalobah was also not in control of the ball and that, despite this, the Englishman was sent off when Collins was not.
Chelsea, of course, could look to appeal Chalobah's sending off. Either way, it appears that refereeing in the Premier League has, once more, been called into question for lacking consistency throughout.