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Anthony Taylor apologizes to Chelsea Manager following refereeing decisions.



 The just

 concluded Derby

 between Chelsea

 and Tottenham

 no doubt has left

 many Chelsea

 fans still in

 bitterness over

 some of the

 refereeing

 decisions from

 Anthony Taylor. 

This of course is not the first time Chelsea are witnessing such harsh refereeing decisions from Taylor. We'll take a look at  2014, when the said referee stirred the wrath of Chelsea fans with poor game management, and apologized to the then Chelsea Manager, Jose Mourinho afterwards. 


WHAT HAD

 HAPPENED? 

The said incident took place on a Sunday as well, this time, in the game between Chelsea and Southampton. 

Surprisingly, it ended in a draw as well. 

Mourinho flew into a rage after Chelsea's 1-1 draw with The Saints that day, after Fabregas picked up a yellow card for 'diving'.

But video replays showed Matt Targett tripped the Fabregas in the box, and the Chelsea star had not dived. 

Blunder referee Anthony Taylor apologised to Jose Mourinho for failing to award a penalty when Cesc Fabregas was tripped at Southampton that Sunday.

It emerged that Taylor, who instead booked Fabregas for diving in the 1-1 draw, said sorry to the Chelsea boss before both had left St Mary’s.

Mourinho claimed afterwards the official would be ‘ashamed’ of his decision and went on to say that a campaign had been started against his Chelsea players after the latest allegation that they are prone to cheating.

Referees are allowed to discuss decisions with managers after a 30-minute 'cooling-off period' following matches, but it is highly unusual for an official to say sorry so quickly.

Mourinho had appeared not to have been calmed by the apology though:

"In other countries where I worked before, tomorrow in the sports papers it would be a front-page scandal because it is a scandal," he said.

"I think it is a scandal because it is not a small penalty - it is a penalty like Big Ben's. 

"In this country - and I am happy with that, more than happy with that - we will just say that it was a big mistake with a big influence in the result. I am happy that it is this way, with respect for the referee. He made a big mistake like I make, like the players make sometimes."

Incident involving Anthony Taylor and Cesc Fabregas in 2014. 



Fabregas also spoke up on the incident:

 "There was definitely contact.

"I don't think the referee had the best game of his life but we're all human and a bad day at the office can happen to anyone.

"That's it, let's not talk more about it, we have to talk about football."

Meanwhile, in this case, Chelsea are yet to receive any apology from Taylor after the game vs Tottenham, or any official action carried out for his bad officiating. 

On top of that, while VAR official, Mike Dean was dropped for a week following his poor handling of the game, Anthony Taylor is yet to face any penalty, and will officiate West Ham's game this weekend. 

Over 75,000 Chelsea fans had signed a petition to ban Anthony Taylor from handling Chelsea games, but nothing precisely has been said about that. 

Pathetic. 

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