West London derby referee leads the game with double standards, Ferdinand says he is outrageously wrong

At 19:30 pm on August 30, the third round of the 2025/26 Premier League continued, and Chelsea met the challenge of Fulham at home. Although Chelsea beat their opponent 2-0, the protagonist of this game is undoubtedly no longer the player of the game but the controversial performance of the referee and VAR. The controversial penalty directly dominated the results of the game.

In the 21st minute of the first half, Fulham made a quick counterattack after stealing the backcourt. Munis Marseille redirected and sent a precise pass. After getting the ball, Joshkin broke into the penalty area, calmly dunked the defensive player and hit the close-range shot into the net with his right foot. However, VAR then intervened to indicate that Munis was suspected of committing a foul when stealing. After watching the replay, the referee determined that Munis made a reckless foul when he was spinning and stepped on Charoba's foot and made a foul first, and the goal was invalid.

But in the 55th minute of the second half, after a series of fouls in Chelsea's offense was ignored, VAR prompted Sesenion to have a handball in the penalty area. When watching the replay, the referee also decisively ignored Chelsea's obvious foul and awarded a penalty. Enzo took the penalty and easily hit it. Manchester United legend Ferdinand talked about the referee's penalty. He said: "Before Sesenion's handball, Pedro handball in the penalty area, Kesedo stepped on Ivobi's foot (similar to VAR's review of Fulham in the first half), and then the defensive player accidentally touched the ball in the penalty area. After letting go of Chelsea's two fouls in the front, he ordered Fulham to make a handball foul in the penalty area. VAR's penalty is simply outrageous!" The famous commentator Zhan Jun also expressed himself on this. The view: "It is estimated that fans who have watched the live broadcast can understand the anger and helplessness of Fulham coach Silva. The VAR intervened in the first half of the year to punish Munis for a foul, but it would be a bit too much to play the penalty after watching the video replay in the first half."

Compared with the VAR intervened in the first half, the penalty was cancelled by Fulham's goal, if the referee team maintained the consistent judgment standard, Chelsea should not have received a penalty at all. Such blatant double-standard punishment directly confiscated the Fulham soldiers' enthusiasm, and the subsequent game was no longer exciting and intense. No wonder many Blues fans said on social media afterwards that the referee was too outrageous.