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Controversial Challenge at Chelsea

ESPN FC

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Sports, Soccer

4.32.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

The FC crew react to Chelsea's 2-0 victory over Fulham and question the decision to overturn Fulham's early goal due to a foul in the buildup. Plus, the guys criticize the Blues after they canceled Nicolas Jackson's impending loan move to Bayern Munich amid Liam Delap's injury. Alex Kirkland also joins the show to recap Real Madrid's 2-1 win over Mallorca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello and welcome into the latest edition of ESPNFC, Kay Murray, Alejandro Moreno and Shaka

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Hisloff here in the studio, kicking things off in the Premier League. Today we'll start at

0:43.3

Stamford Bridge where Chelsea beat Fulham 2-0. Some controversy in this game because Fulham had an

0:49.4

opening goal disallowed. There was outrage as the goal was overturned by VAR for a foul committed by

0:55.5

Rodrigo Munis even though the contact looked accidental. Chelsea then before the half was out

1:01.5

would score through Juel Pedro. In the second half in the 49th minute a VAR check gave a hand

1:08.3

ball. A chalibar effort was blocked by Cessignon, but the ball did appear to strike the players' arms. VAR also looked to see if Chouot Pedro had handballed in the build-off. Anyway, penalty was given, Enzo stepped up and scored it, and it would finish 2-0 to Chelsea. Here is what Marco Silver had to say after the game, as you could see, he was frustrated.

1:28.3

Very much so during it, he said, how do you disallow a goal like that?

1:32.3

It's unbelievable.

1:33.3

We have meetings with the referees and one of the main things is that VAR is not here to re-referefery the game.

1:40.3

I don't want to say more. I want to be on the bench the next game. Here's some of the reaction from some of our pundits on the SPNFC. Nadam Anewis, same for me. I think that goal should always have stood. I think Chalibas got away with murder and I think the fact he stayed on the floor sold it to them to go and have a lock. Mike Dean says it's such a poor call. The AR just needs to stay out of it. It's just a complete accident.

2:01.6

Robbie Musto, game's gone. Don Hutchison, inserting himself in an emoji, says never a foul in a million years.

2:10.6

Frank Leboff is here in human form to give his take on what he saw today on that moment. Frank, what's your take? In our time, definitely, is never a foul. That's for sure. But nowadays, and it's what I

2:27.3

texted to Shaka, this afternoon because we had some arguments about that, is the fact that

2:32.3

every time a player steps on another player, it's a free kick.

2:37.8

I've seen that 100 times since last season, the season before.

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