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Chelsea star Levi Colwill believe that VAR has an agenda against him, after feeling aggrieved not to have been awarded a foul against Manchester United in Wednesday’s 2-1 defeat.
The Blues were beaten by Man United in the Premier League, with Scott McTominay striking either side of a Cole Palmer goal to continue Chelsea’s 10-year wait for a win at Old Trafford.
United had been awarded a penalty in the first half, with Robert Sanchez not fooled by Bruno Fernandes‘ awful attempt, saving the spot kick to keep his side level after just nine minutes of action.
Colwill was attempting to prevent McTominay from scoring the winning goal in what was a poor performance from the visitors when he felt a pull from the Scot.
However, nothing was awarded, and Colwill even went as far as suggesting that had the tables been turned, a spot kick would have been given against him.
Levi Colwill believes he should have been given a foul in the build up to Scott McTominay’s winner
The former Brighton loanee felt he had been pulled by McTominay and suggested had the tables been turned a penalty would have been given
‘VAR has something against me right now, I don’t know what I’ve done to them,’ he said.
‘Against Brighton they tried to give a pen, and then when I got pulled [by McTominay] they didn’t give anything. If I had pulled him like that they would have given a penalty. It is what it is.
‘It was a frustrating night. We had chances that if we’d taken would have made the game quite different, but it’s part of the game and we’ll move on from it come the weekend against Everton.’
Chelsea were below par against the Red Devils as their own inconsistencies continue.
Having impressed in the thrilling 4-4 draw with Manchester City in November, they were thumped by a brilliant Newcastle side the following game.
Prior to the United clash they had then looked to bounce back with a 3-2 win over Brighton, but Mauricio Pochettino’s side were once again beaten on Wednesday night.
The Blues still have six games to play before the start of 2024, including a mouth-watering Carabao Cup quarter-final against Newcastle.
And although Colwill admitted that his side have struggled to put a consistent run of games together, but called for his team-mates to ‘improve quickly’ in the busy festive period.
The Scottish midfielder scored twice in the game to give the Red Devils an important home win
Mauricio Pochettino’s side have struggled for form, losing two and winning two of their last five games
‘We are trying to improve as quickly as possible. We need to be more consistent. Inconsistency can happen to any team, however long you’ve been together or had your manager.
‘It is a transitional phase, but we can’t keep saying that. We have to improve quickly, start winning games and playing our football every single game instead of just every now and then.
‘We can do anything we want. If we start putting in the performances we can put in, we will start picking up points and moving up the table.’
They will have a chance to do just that on Sunday, when they face an Everton side back in the bottom three after their 10-point deduction, followed by clashes with beleaguered Sheffield United and Wolves.
Colwill called for his team-mates to improve quickly with six games to go until the end of the year
