At Villa Park on Saturday night, the west Londoners trailed 0–0 after only four minutes due to an own goal by Marc Cucurella. Morgan Rodgers doubled the lead shortly before halftime after a listless display from the visitors.

After the break, Chelsea turned in a far better performance and equalized the score through a goal from Noni Madueke. Then, captain Conor Gallagher struck a spectacular long-range goal with his weaker left foot to tie the game.

In the closing moments, it was all one-way traffic. Cole Palmer had a chance to win the game in stoppage time, but replacement goalkeeper Robin Olsen denied him. Disasi’s header off the underside of the crossbar, however, set up chaotic scenes in the away end just moments later.The joy was short-lived, though, as VAR Chris Kavanagh summoned referee Craig Pawson to the pitch-side monitor for a foul committed by Benoit Badiashile during the build-up.

Although Pawson had a clear view of the incident and waved play on, many people—including Chelsea’s players—felt that the center-back’s push on Diego Carlos in the back shortly before crossing for Disasi was not a clear and obvious error.

After the game, Pochettino was visibly upset and called the verdict “ridiculous,” believing Badiashile’s prod to be insignificant enough to rule out the goal.

After the game, a visibly irate Pochettino remarked, “I think everyone that was watching the game feels disappointed,” in an interview with TNT Sports. I believe that there are two things that we need to clarify to the public.

“There was a handball in the FA Cup semi-final two weeks ago, and there was no penalty. The VAR says there was no penalty, and the referee failed to check.” And this is the current circumstance.

Naturally, it hurts a lot since, in my opinion, it has harmed my interest in English football. The image has been harmed by it.

“And I believe that neither the fans nor the Aston Villa players understood why the goal was disallowed.”