The Premier League Match Centre had to release two statements during the first half of Fulham vs Chelsea in the Premier League. There were incidents aplenty in the west London clash, with Marc Cucurella first being shown a red card and then Harry Wilson's goal was chalked off.
The centre first explained the decision to send Cucurella off, which prompted huge fury among the Chelsea contingent. With new boss Liam Rosenior watching on from the stands, the left-back pulled Wilson down on the edge of the penalty area. The Welshman was through on goal when he was fouled, which ensured the card coming out of the referee's pocked was red and not yellow.
However, many inside the ground felt that Fulham should also have been awarded a penalty, claiming that contact continued into the box.
The VAR disagreed with that notion, despite home boss Marco Silva being shown a yellow card on the touchline for his protests. Enzo Fernandez, Tosin Adarabioyo and Cole Palmer were all also booked for dissent.
The Match Centre said: "The referee’s call of free-kick to Fulham and a red card to Cucurella for denial of an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (DOGSO) was checked and confirmed by VAR - with it deemed that Cucurella committed a holding offence that did not continue into the penalty area."
Then, after Wilson thought he had given Fulham the lead, the Centre wrote: "VAR OVERTURN. VAR checked the referee’s call of goal – and established that Jiménez was in an offside position in the build-up and recommended that the goal was disallowed."