Chelsea star avoids pink card as Liverpool followers left raging over ‘inconsistency’
Liverpool followers have been left fuming after Chelsea’s Malo Gusto escaped a pink card towards Fulham.
The Frenchman, 20, was booked after clattering into Willian six minutes earlier than half-time within the lunchtime kick-off at Stamford Bridge. The high-looking problem was checked by VAR, however no additional punishment was really helpful as Gusto stayed on the pitch.
For Liverpool supporters, the deal with introduced again recollections of Curtis Jones’ foul which led to his straight pink card in the course of the notorious 2-1 defeat at Tottenham in September, when a legit Darwin Nunez aim was disallowed following a VAR cock-up.
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One Reds fan, who posted an image of the 2 tackles, raged: “I want someone to tell me the difference between these two tackles that meant Gusto got a yellow and Jones got a red. You can’t. The consistency in this league is genuinely appalling.”
Another fumed “That Gusto challenge is 100% worse than what Curtis Jones got sent off for.” A 3rd added: “Can’t believe that Gusto challenge. Was it not the exact same as the Curtis Jones sending off earlier in the season?”
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Other followers have been left asking comparable questions. A fourth stated: “Been so many reds this season for challenges far tamer than that Gusto one.”
A fifth requested: “How on earth has Gusto not been sent off then?” Another commented: “Gusto again! Is that not a red in the modern game?” A seventh acknowledged: “Seen players sent off for way less than that Gusto foul this season. Not that referees make it up as they go along or anything…”
Shortly after the incident, Chelsea have been awarded a penalty when Raheem Sterling was despatched tumbling within the field by Issa Diop. Cole Palmer stroked residence the spot-kick.
