Media bias: Chelsea denied clear penalty, Hazard tumbles and lucky Spurs
Spurs tonked Chelsea 3-1 in the Premier League. At 1-0 to Spurs, Chelsea’s Eden Hazard was felled in the Tottenham box. Penalty! No. None given. But should one have been? Let’s look for any signs of bias in the media:
BBC: “Chelsea will be furious at a soft free-kick for Spurs’ first goal and a failure from Martin Atkinson to give them a penalty when it was only 1-0 when Juan Foyth appeared to foul Eden Hazard in the 18-yard box.”
Chelsea website: “We had our moments in the first half, with Eden Hazard denied what looked like two clear penalties”
And again:
Chelsea website: “The Blues had what looked like a legitimate penalty appeal turned away when Hazard was bundled over in the box by Juan Foyth”
Former referee Peter Walton was in the studio for BT Sport: “…when you re-run it there’s a knee-on-knee and the foul comes when Foyth’s knee touches Hazard and that’s enough to put him over. For me that was a penalty.”
Guardian: ” Eden Hazard ought to have had a penalty on 14 minutes when Juan Foyth went into him from behind ”
Chelsea blog We Aint Got No History: “An early goal from a dubious foul, then a clear penalty uncalled on Hazard, then an unlucky second goal.”
And on the Spurs website? Only this: “13 mins – Hazard over in the box, appeals waved away.” No word on how he went over.
Such are the facts.
Posted: 24th, November 2018 | In: Back pages, Chelsea, Spurs Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
