Fulham fans issue perfect response after Premier League confirm VAR howler

Fulham fans have named Josh King's disallowed strike against Chelsea as their goal of the month for August after the Premier League's VAR howler.

Marco Silva's side were aggrieved in their 2-0 loss to the Blues at Stamford Bridge last month after the teenager's superb strike was chalked off , with Rodrigo Muniz adjudged to have fouled Trevoh Chalobah in the build-up.

But top flight chiefs have already admitted it was the wrong decision , with PGMOL chief Howard Webb saying "guidance wasn't followed properly" by the officials at Stockley Park.

White the admission doesn't do anything for Fulham , supporters have had the last laugh at the Premier League by hailing King's effort as their goal of the month.

In a post on their official website, Fulham said: "Josh King’s magnificent strike away to Chelsea has been voted as Fulham’s Goal of the Month for August.

"Though it was cruelly taken away from the 18-year-old, there is no denying the skill of the effort, as he confidently burst forward onto Sander Berge’s defence-splitting pass and cut inside Tosin, before sitting the former Fulham man down as he drilled a shot through his legs and inside the near post.

"That he garnered 83.1 per cent of the votes demonstrates how special a moment that was, or would have been."

A review by the Key Match Incidents panel determined that officials got it wrong at Stamford Bridge, stressing that VAR Michael Salisbury was wrong to intervene to disallow it after on-field referee Rob Jones initially awarded the goal.

They wrote: "The panel unanimously supported the original on-field call to allow play to continue and award the goal."

Speaking on Match Officials Mic'd Up, Webb added: "It wasn’t controversial, it was wrong. We’ve established some principles in terms of how we officiate in the Premier League and how we use VAR. They sit around a high threshold for penalising contact – it aids the flow and rhythm and tempo of the game.

"We’ve also established a high bar for intervention with VAR. In other words, if situations are not clearly wrong and the referee has made a call on the field, that call will stand, or at least should stand. And that’s the message that we give to all of our VARs, particularly when we come to taking away goals that are so obviously such a crucial moment in the game.

"We should only be taking goals away when the evidence is very clear that that’s the only thing we can do and that’s the guidance we give to our officials."

Wolves were also found to be victims of VAR decisions in the last Premier League gameweek after Everton star Iliman Ndiaye fouled Hugo Bueno in their 3-2 loss to the Toffees, yet no penalty was given.

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