Roy Keane gives verdict on Chelsea vs Crystal Palace controversy: 'Gone too far'

Roy Keane claimed Marc Guehi only had himself to blame for Eberechi Eze’s disallowed goal vs Chelsea. The England star thought he had given Crystal Palace the lead at Stamford Bridge on Sunday as he fired home a stunning free-kick, but referee Darren England was sent to the VAR monitor amid the celebrations and chalked off the goal due to Guehi being too close to Chelsea’s defensive wall.

Speaking after making the decision, he said: “After review, away number six is less than one metre away from the wall as the shot is taken. Therefore, it’s an indirect free kick and a disallowed goal.”

And having watched the controversial incident unfold, Manchester United icon Keane believes players need to become more aware with the law or risk seeing more goals ruled out. Speaking on Sky Sports, he said: "Attacking teams now need to be aware of this rule. We see players in there blocking and being a nuisance all the time. Guehi's almost gone too far in being a nuisance and shoving players about. He just needed to do it a little bit."

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Former Chelsea star Chris Sutton believed by the letter of the law that the decision was correct - albeit that doesn’t make it right. He said: "There are times when you ask in football where you ask if something is right or wrong. And that just seems mightily, mightily harsh."

Steve Sidwell also shared his feelings and claimed given the rule was enforced at Stamford Bridge, it needed to be consistently seen across the Premier League. Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, he said: "How many times have we seen that in the past where there's blocking? If that is the precedent set on the opening weekend it has to stay for the season."

Speaking post-game, Palace defender Chris Richards said: "Everyone in the stadium thought it was a goal but you live and die by VAR and today we died from it. It was a good free-kick and hopefully we get more of them. We try our best to not hear the outside noise and continue to work. This is a performance we can build on and now we have Europe on Thursday.

"The transfer window is still open so we don't know who is staying or going. We want to build on last year's performances, win a few more titles and finish higher up the table."

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Both Palace and Chelsea walked away from Stamford Bridge with a point each following a goalless draw, with Eze's future in question. Tottenham are ramping up their efforts to sign him as a replacement for injured playmaker James Maddison.

Palace will be back in action with or without Eze this Thursday as they take on Fredrikstad FK in the first-leg of their Europa Conference League qualifier - and boss Oliver Glasner hopes to have his star man available.

He said: "Eb should have scored a goal today, he had one and it was disallowed. He will come tomorrow to the Crystal Palace training ground, Tuesday off, we take Wednesday and I expect him to be back playing for us against Fredrikstad."

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