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<\/p>\nChelsea and Aston Villa fans were left raging at referee Jarred Gillett who bizarrely failed to play the allotted minimum added time at the end of the first-half.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not very often that two sets of fans in the stadium are left collectively furious at the referee, but that was the case at half-time during Chelsea\u2019s home game against Villa. Gillett signalled a minimum of three minutes of added time in an opening 45 minutes at Stamford Bridge that wasn\u2019t short of drama.<\/p>\n
Chelsea thought they\u2019d taken the lead when Axel Disasi headed home from Raheem Sterling\u2019s cross, but the linesman\u2019s flag was quickly and correctly raised. And both sets of frustrated fans hit out at the referee on social media for his poor timekeeping.<\/p>\n
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One Villa fan on Twitter said: \u201cThe ref should be changed at half time. Aside from his insanely bad performance, letting Chelsea foul at will, booking Digne, who had blood pouring down his face. He blew for HT before 2 mins added time when there should be 3 minimum. He's clearly flustered & not capable.\u201d<\/p>\n
While a perplexed Blues fan tweeted: \u201cWhat makes that early whistle even funnier is the PGMOL making a BIG DEAL about their new added time gimmick being important and enforced. Didn\u2019t even last two months.\u201d<\/p>\n
What did you make of Jarred Gillett\u2019s refereeing performance in the Chelsea vs Aston Villa game? Let us know in the comments section below<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
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A second added: \u201cDo the rules just get thrown in the bin when Chelsea games get played? Villa players constantly surrounding the referee & now blows up the whistle 65 seconds early of his own added time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Frustration with referee Gillett then grew amongst Chelsea fans after the referee sent Malo Gusto off for a high challenge on Lucas Digne. Gillett originally showed a yellow card to the French defender but following a VAR check the punishment was upgraded to red.<\/p>\n
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