Jamie Carragher and Rio Ferdinand slam VAR after Fulham’s Josh King has goal controversially disallowed against Chelsea
Fulham were left livid after having a goal controversially ruled out away to Chelsea.
With the game goalless, Josh King thought that he had put Fulham in the lead in the first half.
However, the goal was disallowed following a VAR check, with Fulham’s Rodrigo Muniz deemed to have caught Chelsea defender Trevoh Chalobah in the build-up.
Replays showed that Muniz only made minimal contact with Chalobah and King was left hugely frustrated at seeing the goal disallowed, with referee Rob Jones coming under scrutiny.
Jamie Carragher was amongst those to criticise the decision as he wrote on X: ‘VAR has had a shocking start to the season.’
Meanwhile, Rio Ferdinand wrote: ‘VAR killing this young man’s moment’.
Shay Given added: ‘Josh king first @premierleague goal taken away by VAR, total accidental challenge from Muniz , never a foul’.
Fulham’s Josh King was livid after having a goal controversially ruled out against Chelsea
King thought he had given Fulham the lead but Rodrigo Muniz was penalised for a foul
Rio Ferdinand slammed VAR for taking a special moment away from the 18-year-old
Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher added that VAR has had a ‘shocking start to the season’
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Had the effort been allowed to stand it would have been King’s first senior goal for Fulham.
To compound Fulham’s misery they ended up suffering a 2-0 defeat against Chelsea.
Joao Pedro put the Blues in front in first half stoppage time, with Enzo Fernandez then netting a penalty in the second half.
