Premier League releases statement on Fulham’s disallowed goal against Chelsea

The Premier League has issued a statement explaining why a goal scored by Fulham forward, Josh King, in the first half of their game against Chelsea was disallowed.

King thought he had scored his first senior goal at Stamford Bridge.

And although referee Rob Jones allowed the goal to stand in real time, he was asked to review a tackle by Rodrigo Muniz on Trevor Chalobah.

Jones ended up chalking off the goal.

A statement posted on the Premier League Match Centre, read: “After VAR review, the referee overturned the original decision of goal to Fulham.

“Referee announcement: ‘After review, Fulham number nine commits a careless challenge, stands on the foot of the Chelsea defender, therefore we disallow the goal and we restart with a Chelsea free kick. There would be no further action.’”

To add salt to injury, Joao Pedro headed Chelsea into the lead in the final moments of the first half.

Premier League releases statement on Fulham’s disallowed goal against Chelsea