DAVID PREECE: Edouard Mendy was expecting contact from Jarrod Bowen

DAVID PREECE: Edouard Mendy was expecting contact from Jarrod Bowen but the decision to … and Newcastle’s goal against Crystal Palace should have stood

• Edouard Mendy was expecting contact from West Ham winger Jarrod Bowen 
• The decision to disallow West Ham’s goal against Chelsea is marginal
• Newcastle’s goal against Crystal Palace should have been allowed to stand 

The way goalkeepers put their bodies, and particularly their heads, on the line, it’s only right that officials look to protect them.

I’ll be honest, though, I think the decision to disallow West Ham’s equaliser is marginal. Jarrod Bowen doesn’t do everything to avoid contact with Edouard Mendy and does leave a trailing leg so you can say that may constitute a foul in the eyes of a referee.

Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy was expecting contact from West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen

But, as a goalkeeper, I would say Mendy is expecting contact in a situation like this. At St James’ Park, I certainly don’t think it was a foul on Crystal Palace goalkeeper Vicente Guaita by Newcastle’s Joe Willock.

Palace defender Tyrick Mitchell pushed Willock into the keeper before putting the ball in his own net. So, for me, it’s either a goal or a penalty.

VAR’s decision to disallow Newcastle’s goal against Crystal Palace was incorrect

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