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Mauricio Pochettino says VAR is 'damaging English football' pinch decisions for illustration nan 1 which denied Chelsea a classical comeback triumph complete Aston Villa.
The visitors had battled backmost from 2-0 down astatine half-time and were celebrating wildly erstwhile they thought Axel Disasi had secured a stoppage-time winner.
Yet VAR spotted a nudge successful nan backmost of Diego Carlos by Benoit Badiashile successful nan build-up and that was capable for referee Craig Pawson to disallow nan extremity arsenic Champions League-chasing Villa avoided defeat.
'We request to explicate this to nan people,' Pochettino said afterwards. 'I don't want to talk bad astir nan referee, but it is unbelievable, it's ridiculous.
'It is really achy arsenic it has damaged English football, nan image, and moreover Aston Villa players and nan fans didn't understand why.
'He (the referee) said it was a foul and if you spot nan challenge, it is simply a challenge. If each azygous situation for illustration this is simply a foul, we won't decorativeness pinch 11 players successful immoderate game.'
