Liam Rosenior: Paul Tierney should focus on refereeing instead of Chelsea huddle

Liam Rosenior said referee Paul Tierney should have focused on his job rather than on crashing Chelsea’s pre-match huddle after Newcastle won at Stamford Bridge for the first time in 14 years.

Anthony Gordon scored the only goal in the 18th minute as the Blues made a hopeless mess of pressing the visitors, but the focus afterwards was on the bizarre moment before kick-off when Tierney stood in the centre of the Chelsea players as captain Reece James spoke to the team.

Rosenior said he will contact PGMOL, the referees’ body, to seek clarity on why what has become a pre-game ritual for his team was disrupted.

Paul Tierney gets caught in the middle of the Chelsea huddle