According to the BBC, Howard Webber, director of Professional Games Officials Co., Ltd. (PGMOL), said that the decision to cancel Joshua King's goal in Fulham's game against Chelsea last weekend was a "misjudgment".
Joshua King scored in the 22nd minute, but after VAR's long intervening review, it was determined that Munis made a foul during the offense and the goal was finally judged invalid. VAR determined that Munis stepped on Chelsea centre-back Chaloba as he tried to turn around near the center line.
VAR official Michael Salesbury was replaced after the game and failed to enforce the game against Arsenal on Sunday.
In the TV program "Match Officials Mic 'd Up", which analyzes recent VAR penalty, PGMOL chief referee Weber admitted the misjudgment. Weber said the referee should only cancel the goal if the evidence is very clear, which is the official guiding principle for the referee.
"This is not a controversial penalty, but a wrong penalty. We have established principles for Premier League law enforcement and VAR use," Weber added, "these principles revolve around high-threshold contact penalty standards to ensure the smoothness and rhythm of the game. At the same time, we have set high standards for VAR intervention. "
"In this incident, the guiding principles were not implemented correctly. The referees at the time misjudged the judgment of Munis's contact with Charoba. Officials over-focused on this contact without a comprehensive examination of the overall context of the incident. "
This is the second consecutive game Chelsea benefited from VAR intervention at home in the Premier League. In the first round of the season, Eze's free kick was cancelled because Gey was found to be interfering with the wall.
Joshua King scored
VAR reminded to determine that Munis had a foul on Charoba first, and the goal was invalid