'It has damaged English football': Pochettino slams VAR for scrapping would-be decisive goal vs Villa

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'It has damaged English football': Pochettino slams VAR for scrapping would-be decisive goal vs Villa

"Everyone that was watching the game will feel disappointed," Mauricio Pochettino said after Chelsea's 2-2 draw against Aston Villa that ended with the Blues' goal cancelled after a VAR check.

"Two different things the referee said it was a foul and disallowed the goal and then going to the VAR to confirm.

"The referee is unbelievable and it's ridiculous. It is difficult to accept, these type of things in the semi-final [FA Cup against Man City] two weeks ago it was handball and it was no penalty, the referee he didn't check it.

"It is painful as it has damaged English football and I think Villa players and their fans didn't understand why the goal was disallowed.

"They said it was foul and if you see the challenge what happened if we go into every single challenge like this it is going to be a foul and we wouldn't finish the game with 11 [players].

"We can talk about the performance or the decision - it is damaging the game."

The goal was cancelled for Benoit Badiashile's shove on an Aston Villa player a dew second before the goal.

The Blues feel hard done by the VAR, especially after being denied a penalty for Jack Grealish's handball in the FA Cup semi-final last weekend.

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