Crystal Palace fans chanted ‘it’s not football anymore’ after Eberechi Eze was denied what could have been his last-ever goal for the club when a niche law saw his ferocious free-kick disallowed.
With Tottenham Hotspur pushing to sign the 27-year-old – so hard that he was in and out of Palace's travelling squad over the weekend – Eze looked like he had shown why he is worth his £55million valuation.
It was a scorching strike and one which bamboozled Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez, but it was then that Law 13 was taken into account by the referee, Darren England, after a VAR alert.