Chelsea 0-0 Crystal Palace

STAMFORD BRIDGE — Crystal Palace fans are pretty sick of technicalities.

John Textor’s failure to follow the fine print of Uefa’s rules cost them a place in the Europa League last week, and Darren England’s decision to enforce a rarely-used rule on Sunday potentially cost them a first win over Chelsea for eight years.

Eberechi Eze’s free-kick did hit the back of the net after just 13 minutes, so who knows what might have happened after that, but to end a 0-0 draw after what appeared a legitimate goal is deeply frustrating to everyone except Chelsea fans. And even the less partisan Blues might see that this was not an incident to celebrate.

“I was a little bit surprised, because VAR is handled very, very cautious here in England,” said Palace manager Oliver Gl

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