Twitter reacts to Anthony Taylor’s poor officiation in the FA Cup final
What should have been a showdown between two London heavyweights was instead another show of the abysmal refereeing standards in England.
Anthony Taylor might as well have turned up in an Arsenal jersey or could have had one underneath for all we know.
The Englishman looked hell-bent on sabotaging our hopes on the night. It came to the fore when he sent Mateo Kovacic off for a tackle that saw Granit Xhaka go down like he had been shot.
Surprisingly, even VAR did not rule out the decision that brought Chelsea down to ten men.
It was far from an isolated decision. He refused to give us a number of freekicks while casually ignoring the fact that the Arsenal goalkeeper handled the ball outside his area.
It was the second time in three years that Taylor sent off a Chelsea player in an FA Cup final against Arsenal. He did the same to Victor Moses in 2017.
There is no excuse as to how the Blues played all night. But the one person you would expect in a match is for the match official to turn up.
Several fans took to Twitter to lay into the referee who has come under a lot of heat.
Chelsea fans take to Twitter to lambast Anthony Taylor
Some of the decisions in this game today…
— Declan Rice (@_DeclanRice) August 1, 2020
Please @ChelseaFC Send a letter to The FA and the Premier League demanding that Anthony Taylor should not be allowed to referee a Chelsea game again.
— Ｂｒｉａｎ (@CFCBrian_) August 1, 2020
Jokes aside, Anthony Taylor shouldn’t be allowed to be involved when Chelsea play again. Being at fault once or twice is bad enough but you could literally find a handful of games he’s impacted massively involving Chelsea.
— CFCDaily (@CFCDaily) August 2, 2020
Referee Anthony Taylor congratulated for being Arsenal’s best player in Chelsea’s FA Cup defeat to Arsenal.
— Shoçks Salat (@ShoksSalat1) August 2, 2020
Arsenals best player today #anthonytaylor pic.twitter.com/BUCY1P1GUc
— Harry Cheesman (@CheesmanHarry) August 1, 2020
#Anthony Taylor must not officiate any match involving Chelsea FC of England again.
— Markyusuf770 (@Markyusuf7701) August 2, 2020
One of the biggest robberies I’ve ever seen in a Chelsea game. I’m speechless.
— LDN (@LDNFootbalI) August 1, 2020
Reminds me of a certain Champions League encounter. pic.twitter.com/nsSYL90Rej
Did u know that in 13/14 season, Anthony Taylor was criticized for booking Cesc Fàbregas for diving when replays proved he had been fouled by Southampton’s Matt Target?He apologised to Chelsea after that decision
— Radio Friend (@ogunmilorokenny) August 2, 2020
No b 2day this man Dey spoil Chelsea show
He must apologize again
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Anthony Taylor is a nightmare to Chelsea sending Moses out in F.A Cup against Arsenal 2016/17, Sending Pedro out against Arsenal in Community Shield 2017/18 and today Sending Mateo Kovacic against the same Arsenal. He’s is surely an Ar5ena1 fan.
— Dickson Mlewa (@mlewadkay) August 1, 2020
One third of red cards in FA Cup finals have been shown by Anthony Taylor to Chelsea players.
— Richard Jolly (@RichJolly) August 1, 2020
