‘I thought it was a scandalous decision not to award Chelsea a penalty against West Ham’

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Former Chelsea defender William Gallas has slammed the decision of the referee and VAR not to give Chelsea a penalty in the 1-1 draw against West Ham on Saturday.

Gallas told Genting Casino: “I have to talk about VAR. Chelsea should have a penalty. I thought it was a scandalous decision not to award the penalty decision. How has the referee not given a penalty?

“The referees and the people making the VAR decisions need to explain to me how that handball from Soucek is not a penalty. That was a scandalous decision. I was shocked.

“Chelsea were unlucky in the game. It is really frustrating, to be honest. The referees and VAR team need to be better.

“They have said that the technology is there to help referees, so why did it not see that as a penalty? It was definitely a penalty, everyone could see that. Chelsea were unlucky.”