Leicester boss Cooper livid with referee Andy Madlee after his side’s 2-1 loss to Chelsea at home yesterday.
Leicester boss Steve Cooper minced no words in being critical of referee Andy Madlee after yesterday’s game vs Chelsea.
When Levi Colwill seemed to pull down Stephy Mavididi late in the game at 2-0, he believed they should have been awarded a penalty, but it was denied.
When Romeo Lavia caught Bobby de Cordova-Reid in injury time, the video assistant referee (VAR) gave them a penalty.
At first, Madley did not give it because he believed the Leicester player was offside; however, VAR determined that he was onside.
“He gave offside for the second one and he was about half a yard on,” Cooper told BBC Sport.
“We’ve had a lot of bad luck with this referee this year. It’s our third or fourth game with him and it’s not been the best of times. It continued today.
“The last thing [referees’ body] PGMOL needed was that performance. He’s got some big decisions massively wrong and in general a couple of advantages he blew up.
“I don’t know if he lost concentration or composure. But it’s not what the referees needed in the first game live on TV [after the international break].
“It’s a pity. It’s going to be all the talking points. I’m disappointed it’s us on the wrong end of it.”
Cooper added later: “Maybe officially we need to speak to whoever we’ve got to speak to.”
Earlier on Saturday, the Premier League stated on-field accuracy of rulings had increased from 82% after 11 games last season to 89% this term.
There were only three VAR errors during that period, according to a Key Match Incident Panel, as opposed to sixteen during the previous season.
Additionally, the average VAR delay in games has decreased from 64 to 36 seconds.