DO YOU THINK CHELSEA DESERVED THE PENALTY AWARDED THEM AGAINST WEST BROM?

 

referee Andre Marriner, was right to award Chelsea a last-minute dubious penalty against West Brom at Stamford Bridge.
Marriner pointed to the spot in the 95th minute, after Ramires went down easily inside the area, despite minimal contact with Steven Reid. The 2-2 draw extended Mourinho’s personal unbeaten record at home in the Premier League, to 66 games.
“Yes [we deserved to draw],” he told reporters. “In the first half West Brom didn’t cross the midfield line.

“We didn’t create a lot because they defended very very well but we were the only team that tried to score and tried to win in first half, so when the attitude to the game is this one there is always one team deserves more to win than another.


“In the second half we had more space with the 1-0, we had a couple of good situations. They scored a goal which is a funny one, and the second one is a big mistake by the referee [for the challenge by Sessegnon on Ivanovic]. The fourth official told me ‘You’re right’, but it is a big mistake.
“After that our reaction was fantastic. It was a reaction which could have ended the game 3-1 [to West Brom], but we created lots of chances and missed a chance with an open goal.
“We threw everything at them and the penalty comes at a moment which is difficult for the team that’s winning to accept. But a penalty is a penalty, minute one or minute 94, and this one was a penalty.”