Cesar Azpilicueta's Chelsea goal vs Cardiff sparked incredible Neil Warnock reaction

On this day three years ago, Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta scored one of the most offside goals the Premier League has ever seen – and it sparked an incredible reaction from Cardiff manager, Neil Warnock.

During the 2018/19 season, Cardiff were desperately battling against relegation and led Chelsea 1-0 at the Cardiff City Stadium. They were on course for a crucial three points.

However, the away side equalised in the 84th minute in the most controversial circumstances.

Willian’s corner was flicked on by Marcos Alonso and Azpilicueta, who was standing yards offside, headed home.

Somehow, the assistant referee, Eddie Smart failed to spot it.

Sky Sports images later showed that Willian appeared to be blocking Smart’s line of vision.

When Ruben Loftus-Cheek won the match for Chelsea in injury-time, it left Warnock absolutely fuming.

In fact, he was so fuming that he marched onto the pitch at full-time and just stood and stared at the officials. No ranting or raving, just a long, hard stare. It was a quite brilliant reaction – and he immediately became a meme.

It's already two years since Neil Warnock just stood and stared at the referees after Cardiff's 2-1 defeat to Chelsea.The pre-VAR days…pic.twitter.com/Ho9Z44sIdI

And he didn’t hold back in his post-match interview either.

“It’s almost like it’s not who you play, it’s who you get to referee and who is going to have a flag in their hand nowadays, it’s just as important,” Warnock told Sky Sports.

“The best league in the world and probably the worst officials at the minute.”

Meanwhile, Sky Sports pundits Graeme Souness and Roy Keane couldn’t believe what they had just witnessed while in the studio.

“What can he be looking at? He’s got a clear view,” said Souness.