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Colwill claims ‘VAR has something against me’ after Man Utd loss
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Chelsea defender Levi Colwill claims ‘VAR has something against me’ after Scott McTominay’s winner for Man Utd wasn’t disallowed
Levi Colwill, after Chelsea’s loss to Manchester United, expressed dissatisfaction and felt that VAR had something against him. The 20-year-old, who started as the left back and wore the captain’s armband for Chelsea, was disappointed with the outcome of the match. Colwill believed that Scott McTominay’s winning goal, a header, should have been disallowed.
In the play, Alejandro Garnacho’s cross found McTominay, who contested the ball with Colwill at the back post. Colwill felt that there should have been a foul called against McTominay, and if the roles were reversed, a penalty might have been awarded.
However, VAR did not intervene, and the goal stood, leading to Colwill’s frustration and belief that VAR had something against him.
“VAR has something against me right now, I don’t know what I’ve done to them,” Colwill said to club media. “Against Brighton, they tried to give a pen, and then when I got pulled [by McTominay] they didn’t give anything. If I had pulled him like that they would have given a penalty. It is what it is.
“It was a frustrating night. We had chances that if we’d taken would have made the game quite different, but it’s part of the game and we’ll move on from it come the weekend against Everton.”
The setback has dropped Chelsea to tenth place in the Premier League, eleven points outside of the top four. While praising the “fair” result of the 2-1 loss, Mauricio Pochettino acknowledged that his squad was clearly second-best. Additionally, he made hints that Chelsea was worn out from playing 45 minutes with 10 men against Brighton the previous weekend.
The Blues have six games remaining before 2024, including a tantalizing Carabao Cup quarterfinal against Newcastle. The next time they play is on Sunday, December 10, when they play Everton.