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Mauricio Pochettino the Chelsea manager has slammed Video Assistant Referee shortly after Chelsea drew 2-2 with Aston Villa on Saturday night.
The Blues conceded two goals in the first half but came back fighting hard to restore parity in the second half of the encounter.
Chelsea defender, Alex Disasi thought he had headed in the winner, but VAR intervened and the goal was ruled out.
The result leaves Chelsea in 9th place with 48 points.
Speaking after the game, Pochettino said: “Two different things: the referee said it was a foul and disallowed the goal and then went to the VAR to confirm.
“The referee is unbelievable and it’s ridiculous. It is difficult to accept these types of things; in the semi-final [FA Cup against Man City] two weeks ago it was handball and it was no penalty; the referee, he didn’t check it.
“It is painful as it has damaged English football and I think Villa players and their fans didn’t understand why the goal was disallowed.
“They said it was foul and if you see the challenge, what happens if we go into every single challenge like this, it is going to be a foul and we wouldn’t finish the game with 11 [players].
“We can talk about the performance or the decision – it is damaging the game.”