CHELSEA star Thiago Silva has blasted Anthony Taylor after the official’s controversial performance in Sunday’s draw with Spurs.
The referee had a match he may wish to forget as he allowed Cristian Romero to viciously yank Marc Cucurella’s hair just moments before Harry Kane’s last-gasp equaliser at Stamford Bridge.
Taylor let Tottenham get away with numerous fouls throughout the game despite immediately booking Chelsea players for similar tackles.
And he was also at fault for Spurs’ opener when failing to blow for Rodrigo Bentancur’s foul on Kai Havertz – before missing the offside Richarlison blocking Edouard Mendy’s view of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg’s goal.
Chelsea fan favourite Silva has now taken to social media to blast one decision in particular.
As the Blues defended a corner at the end of the game, Tottenham centre-back Romero grabbed hold of Cucurella’s hair before yanking hard and pulling the Chelsea star to the floor.
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Replays showed Taylor staring right at the event, but the ref failed to blow his whistle for a foul and instead allowed Spurs a corner.
Predictably, the North Londoners scored the next set-piece with just seconds left on the clock, sparking a late melee between Thomas Tuchel and Antonio Conte.
But Silva wasn’t going to let Taylor forget his horrendous mistake in a post on Instagram.
Showing a snap of the event, Silva wrote: “Haven’t you seen this?
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“No way. Can you pull hair out?”
Livid Chelsea fans have now started a petition to try and stop Taylor from refereeing any more of their games.
The official has history with the Blues, denying them numerous game-changing moments over the past several seasons.
Boss Tuchel said after the game that he and his players also feel the same way as the Chelsea fans.
He declared: “I don’t think that just some of the fans think that: I can assure you that the whole dressing room of us, every person thinks that.
“Not only the fans. You know the players, they know what’s going on when they are on the pitch. They know it.
“I cannot understand how the first goal is not offside and I cannot understand since when players can pull other people’s hair and stay on the pitch and attack in the last corner.
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“This, for me, is without any explanation and I don’t want to accept it.
“I have no words for it. I am curious what the explanation is for that but both goals should not stand and then it’s a fair result. We were brilliant and we deserved to win.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
