ASTON VILLA is having a great campaign in the Premier League in which for now it is in the Champions League with 67 points that place it in fourth place. However, this Saturday against Chelsea it left with a bittersweet taste for a couple of situations.
The first: Emiliano Martínez, captain and absolute symbol of the team, retired at halftime after suffering a muscle discomfort for which he was massaged in the middle of the game. The idol did not come out to play the match and the Swede Robin Olsen entered in his place.
Then, everything changed and the second one came true: having been comfortably ahead for the goals scored by Marc Cucurella and Morgan Rogers, The final half found Chelsea emboldened, as if the absence of the best goalkeeper in the world had to do with their reaction.
At 16′, Noni Madueke started the comeback with the 1-2 lead and at 34′ Connor Gallagher made it 2-2that It almost became a victory for the punished team of Mauricio Pochettino if not for the referee’s decision to annul, VAR through, the third blue goal in the sixth minute of injury time.
The Argentine coach’s anger was tremendous: “VAR has damaged English football. It was a legal goal, it is incredible and ridiculous”he stated.
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