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Fulham captain Tom Cairney said he was ‘bamboozled’ by the inconsistency in refereeing decisions after Chelsea defender Malo Gusto escaped a red card during their 1-0 win on Saturday.
Gusto was only booked by Anthony Taylor in the first half at Stamford Bridge after catching Willian with the follow-through of a studs-first challenge.
Fulham manager Marco Silva called VAR Michael Salisbury’s decision not to upgrade Gusto’s punishment a ‘mistake’, and Cairney added: ‘When you think Dominic Calvert-Lewin got sent off for not touching anyone (for Everton at Crystal Palace in the FA Cup, a decision that was overturned on appeal) and then that one was just a yellow card… I am just bamboozled.
‘He has hit him clean. He has got shin pads but he has hit him high and in modern football you can’t do that.
‘We saw it on the laptop at half-time and all six studs are on his leg.
Tom Cairney said he was ‘bamboozled’ by the inconsistency in refereeing decisions at Chelsea
Malo Gusto escaped a red card despite a high challenge on Fulham winger Willian
‘We asked the ref at the time and he said it had gone to VAR to be checked, so we are so confused. I am just really confused, that’s normally a straight red.
‘Maybe you don’t get these things away from home. It is strange.’
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