Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior said referee Paul Tierney should have focused on his job rather than positioning himself in the middle of the Blues' huddle before Saturday's game against Newcastle. "If Paul had focused more on his job, which was to make the right decision, we'd have a penalty today," Rosenior said after Saturday's 1-0 defeat. "I'll be speaking to PGMOL and the refs to get an understanding of why that happened today," he added. My assistant goes in and the first thing [Tierney] talks about is our huddle. Former Premier League assistant referee referee Darren Cann told BBC Sport he had never seen anything as strange "in 50 years of watching football".

Source: BBC March 14, 2026 20:33 UTC