Mourinho Blames Referee
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho accused the referee of caving in to pressure from Fulham players after disallowing a goal from Didier drogba in Sunday’s 1-0 defeat.
Mourinho said: “It’s a handball so it’s not a goal and the decision is correct.”
“What is not correct is the referee didn’t see and allows the goal, the linesman didn’t see it but after pressure by Fulham they changed their decision.”
But Referee Mike Dean defended his decision to wipe out the ‘goal’ for a handball after the match at Craven Cottage.
“Having seen the TV replay we were spot on. We have got the biggest decision in the game correct,” he said.
Drogba controlled the ball with his hand before running on to shoot past keeper Mark Crossley.
Referee Dean seemed to give the goal but was surrounded by Fulham players and eventually changed his mind after consulting his assistant Paul Norman.
Dean said: “I went over to Paul and he told me that as the ball has been played forward he is convinced there has been a handball.”
“We had a chat and we were happy it was handball.”
Weekend Results:
Fulham 1-0 Chelsea
Newcastle 1-3 Liverpool
Arsenal 3-0 Charlton
Birmingham 0-2 Tottenham
Blackburn 3-2 Middlesbrough
Bolton 2-0 Sunderland
Everton 4-1 Aston Villa
West Brom 1-2 Man Utd
West Ham 2-4 Portsmouth
