(Video): Chelsea denied penalty despite ball hitting Jack Grealish’s arm in the box | OneFootball

Chelsea have missed so many great chances today, and wasted a lot of promising attacks.

But it’s not been entirely self inflicted. The referee has just denied a penalty for a handball from Jack Grealish.

Cole Palmer’s free kick quite clearly struck the England international’s outstretched arm as he defended in the wall. All of the Blues on the pitch appealed for it, and Michael Oliver paused for a moment – but VAR cleared it.

Yes it’s true that Grealish’s arm was coming back in towards his body – but it was starting wide out from his silhouette and it did materially affect the flight of the ball, which was heading towards goal, and even after the touch off his arm only just flitted past the post.

We’re not going to go too mad, given we’ve been our own worst enemies here, but it’s frustrating nonetheless.

You can see the incident in the clip embedded here:

[Footage from Bein Sport]