LONDON – Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel attacked referee Anthony Taylor and the VAR system for decisions during the 2-2 draw with Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Sunday, potentially subjecting him to penalties.
And with Harry Kane’s header in the last moments, Tottenham snatched a point in a tense atmosphere at Stamford Bridge, which saw Tuchel and Antonio Conte clash with Tottenham coach, and they were sent off following the match ended.
Tuchel believes that Kai Havertz was fouled during the construction of the attack, from which Tottenham scored the first equalizing goal, and that Richarlison was offside and blocked the view of goalkeeper Edvard Mendy.
He added that newcomer Mark Cucurea was attracted by the hair from Tottenham defender Christian Romero before Kane’s goal that settled the exciting equalizer.
The German coach told reporters: “Pulling the hair and staying on the field and attacking at the last corner kick, that has no explanation for me and I do not accept that.”
He continued, “The two goals should not have been calculated, and we deserved to win, in my opinion.”
A request spread online that referee Taylor not be assigned to run Chelsea’s matches in the future, and collected more than 64,000 signatures shortly following the draw.
In response to these demands, Tuchel said, “Maybe it would be better.”
And Tuchel continued: “But we also have the video referee to make the right decisions, but he did not watch that, I do not blame the referee, I also did not watch, but there are people who run the video referee system to check the footage.”
He continued: “Maybe I will not lead the team in the next match ( once morest Leeds United on the 21st of this month), but the referee can manage the next match.”
