Marco Silva let rip at Premier League officers after claiming Fulham had been denied a transparent penalty of their 3-1 defeat at Aston Villa.
With the guests main 1-0, Josh King raced into the field and tumbled over a problem from Emi Martinez – solely to obtain a reserving for diving as a substitute of a spot-kick.
Silva was already fuming about incidents at Chelsea earlier this season, when a purpose from King was controversially disallowed after a VAR examine, and the hosts got a disputed penalty.
‘We don’t want anybody to teach Josh King,’ mentioned Silva. ‘We all know find out how to educate a participant. He is a good expertise and never a participant who likes to cheat. This was a second for Josh to be given one thing from VAR they usually didn’t give him it once more. You’ll be able to think about how he’s going to really feel.
‘The referee (Andrew Madley) was very fast to provide the yellow card. I watched the photographs and it’s clear. He was tackled by Martinez, 100 per cent – no one can inform me he was not. If a participant is tackled by the goalkeeper within the field, 99 per cent of the time it’s a penalty. The opposite one per cent, was this one right this moment – not a penalty.
‘[The officials] can name us, they will write to us what they need however it’s clear that it was a penalty.’
Marco Silva hit out at Premier League officers after he felt Fulham have been denied a ‘clear’ penalty
Josh King was as a substitute booked for diving as he received twisted up with Aston Villa goalkeeper Emi Martinez on Sunday
Silva was additionally irked at one other penalty name, when King’s shot hit the arm of Matty Money however the referee was unmoved.
In that 2-0 defeat at Chelsea, Fulham conceded a penalty when Ryan Sessegnon was dominated to have dealt with a cross. Silva argued that Money’s intervention was related and believes the identical requirements weren’t utilized.
‘Money didn’t do it on goal, however he made his physique greater – which is what Sessegnon was dominated to have performed,’ Silva identified. ‘One week it’s a penalty, one other it isn’t. It’s too apparent to talk about it.’
