đ¨ Ian Wright says Colwillâs 34th-minute challenge on Josh King was a red card on its own and questions why VAR didnât intervene in Chelsea vs Fulham game:
đŁď¸ âIâm not interested in the fifth-minute booking. Throw that out. Look at the one on King.
Kingâs running the channel. Colwill is late. He doesnât win the ball. He doesnât even try to win the ball. He steps across and puts the arm straight into the boyâs face. Thatâs a strike. Thatâs a defender using his forearm because heâs been beaten.
You donât need a previous yellow for that. Thatâs a red on its own. Thatâs the kind of challenge that used to empty benches. You cannot hit a player in the head and then stand there waiting for the referee to shrug.
And this is the part that winds me up. Brooks doesnât even give a free-kick. So now youâre asking VAR to do the job. Thatâs what the system is for. Potential red. Contact with the head. No attempt to play the ball. Theyâve got every angle in the truck. Theyâve got the freeze-frame. Theyâve got the slow-mo. And they still sit on their hands.
If that happens the other way, if thatâs a Chelsea attacker getting an arm in the face and the defender stays on, the whole place explodes. But because itâs Colwill, suddenly itâs âjust a coming together.â No. Itâs not. Itâs a forearm to the face. Itâs a sending-off. And the fact they let him stay on tells you exactly where the standard is tonight.â