VAR Shat All Over Yesterday’s Tottenham-Chelsea League Cup Match
Photo: Clive Rose (Getty) Tottenham beat Chelsea in the first leg of their League Cup semifinal tie yesterday by a score of 1-0 thanks to a video replay-awarded penalty decision that was so comprehensively terrible that it had both managers trashing VAR after the match. First, we’ll start with the penalty itself: The play started when Spurs defender Toby Alderweireld raked a long pass over the entire Chelsea team into the path of an onrushing Harry Kane. As Alderweireld’s pass neared them, both Kane and teammate Dele Alli found themselves sprinting into wide open space, completely unmarked,...
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