Chelsea fans robbed of Carabao Cup with double VAR decision under scrutiny after Liverpool loss

I am sure that there are several Chelsea fans, including myself who feel pretty hard done by with the refereeing after Sunday's Carabao Cup final defeat to Liverpool. We need some answers, and we should have had them yesterday.

Chelsea were held to a 0-0 draw (AET) and eventually lost in a round of superb penalties which saw Kepa eventually miss after even the goalkeepers were forced to step up.

After a Premier League weekend where VAR was called into question for Manchester City's clash against Everton, there was an expectation for the refereeing team to get it right for the final just 24 hours later. Unfortunately, on both ends, the decisions felt left a bitter taste in the mouth.

Darren England and Simon Bennet both sat in the VAR room and decided that Liverpool deserved to have 11 men on the pitch. They also made a confident decision that it was best for Romelu Lukaku's goal to be chalked off. After reviewing the evidence, I just can not wrap my head around it.

It was clear as day, in my opinion at least, that Liverpool’s Naby Keita should have been sent off. I’m actually quite confused as to how the referee, Stuart Atwell and his VAR team thought otherwise.

Keita misses the ball completely and endangers Trevoh Chalobah. Plain and simple.

As a fan, it is sad that I was able to decipher what constituted a red card in real-time and the VAR officials did not. The rules are clear as stated on the FA website. It was serious foul play.

SERIOUS FOUL PLAY - A tackle or challenge that endangers the safety of an opponent or uses excessive force or brutality must be sanctioned as serious foul play.

Any player who lunges at an opponent in challenging for the ball from the front, from the side or from behind using one or