PL boss makes surprising claim about Burnley's red card for penalty controversy

Surprisingly, Mauricio Pochettino has stated that Darren England, the referee, called the right call during the major contentious period in Burnley’s draw with Chelsea.

Assignon was given a second yellow card by the man in the middle for what he believed to be a foul on Mykhailo Mudryk inside the box.

At the end of the half, Cole Palmer scored from the penalty spot to give Chelsea the lead.

But before Palmer could take the spot kick, Vincent Kompany was also shown a straight red card for his remonstrations on the touchline.

This meant that Kompany’s assistant Craig Bellamy had to fill in for him during his customary post-match press obligations.

“I don’t know what is going on there,” Pochettino said to Match of the Day when asked about his thoughts on the situation. It seemed to me like a second yellow card and a penalty. Although I can appreciate their annoyance, this is only football.

“[Axel] Disasi was denied a goal by VAR, but we won’t hold it against him. We acknowledge the regulations and agree with the VAR’s ruling.

“The team is a little nervous when winning 1-0. It is not only about to work, it is about to evolve and develop some areas in our team to deal better with this type of situation.”

Pochettino and his players were booed off by the Stamford Bridge crowd at full-time following their failure to beat 10-man Burnley.

Kompany’s men showed great character to fight back not once, but twice thanks to goals from Josh Cullen and Dara O’Shea.

The Clarets even came closest to winning it late on when Jay Rodriguez rattled the crossbar with a last-gasp header.

“So disappointed,” Pochettino said about his side’s display.

“We didn’t show the consistency and the capacity to deal with and manage the game. We allowed them some actions from set pieces to get some possibility to believe.

“It is a result that shows that we need to improve in many areas if we want to be competitive.

“It was so easy for them to get to our last third. We were not aggressive enough in open play and defending set pieces. We need to improve like a team and be more competitive.”

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