‘Maybe it should be red’ – Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino agrees with Marco Silva rant on key moment
Mauricio Pochettino has agreed with Fulham boss Marco Silva that Malo Gusto should have been sent off at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues edged out a 1-0 win against their west London rivals on Saturday, with Cole Palmer's first half penalty proving to be the difference.
But they were fortunate to still have ten players on the pitch after Gusto was only shown a yellow card for a horror tackle on Willian.
With the score level at 0-0, the French right-back put in a studs-up challenge on the ex-Blues forward, who was left writhing in agony.
Referee Anthony Taylor awarded Gusto a yellow, and despite VAR taking a look at the incident, failed to send the match official to the pitchside monitor.
The incident has proved to be a key talking point from the clash, with Silva left furious by the decision.
Speaking to talkSPORT's Sam Matterface, Silva said: «One moment in the first half which for me had a huge impact on the game, Gusto should have been red carded.
»It's a clear red card situation, it's a clear mistake from the referee, VAR should have overturned the decision from the ref.
«It was a good decision from Anthony Taylor in that moment, it's difficult to see if it's a red or a yellow, he gave the yellow card, it was a good decision from the referee on the field.
»[But] clearly the VAR should overturn the decision and should give the instruction for the referee to go to the screen, because it's a clear red card.
«I've seen many times this season, nine times out of ten it's been a red card, this afternoon it wasn't.»
Matterface then brought up Silva's views to Pochettino, with the former Tottenham manager conceding Gusto was fortunate to stay on.
He remarked: «I accept the opinion and the view of Marco, yes for sure he's disappointed, maybe
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