‘I can’t accept that’ – Disallowed Fulham goal at Chelsea sparks widespread fury

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England legend Stuart Pearce led the outcry on talkSPORT after Fulham had a goal controversially ruled out against Chelsea. Fulham teenager Josh King thought he opened the scoring at Stamford Bridge, calmly finishing off a stunning breakaway move inside the opening 22 minutes.King was denied a fairytale goal in the west London derbyAFPHowever, referee Rob Jones was quickly sent to the monitor by Michael Salisbury, the video assistant referee, to review a possible foul in the build-up. Cottagers striker Rodrigo Muniz got away from Trevoh Chalobah with a pirouette and stepped on the Blues defender’s foot in the process.Jones then announced to the stadium: “After review, Fulham No.9 commits a careless challenge, stands on the foot of the Chelsea defender, therefore we disallow the goal and we restart with a Chelsea free kick. There would be no further action.”It sparked a furious reaction from Fulham manager Marco Silva on the touchline – and from Pearce in the talkSPORT commentary box.talkSPORT understands the PGMOL have told Premier League clubs they will be operating with a high bar for ‘clear and obvious’ errors this season. It was expected to mean less disallowed goals for minor infringements – and there was an overwhelming opposition to the decision from football fans online. Reacting on talkSPORT, Pearce said: “For me, that is ludicrous. I can’t accept that. “And if that is the baseline for which we’re going to rule goals out, you won’t see many goals in the Premier League this season.”View Tweet: https://twitter.com/tntsports?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwMore to follow.