Swansea 2-2 Chelsea: 5 talking points

#4 Should Fer’s goal have stood?

Swansea were rewarded for keeping Chelsea at bay by scoring two quickfire goals, but the build-up to the second will definitely be a major talking point in the aftermath of the game. While Cahill was definitely at fault for keeping the ball in his possession for too long, questions will be asked of how legitimate Leroy Fer’s challenge to dispossess the English defender was.

Replays from certain angles showed that the Dutchman clipped Cahill en route to pickpocketing him off the ball, meaning that referee Andre Marriner should have awarded a foul on the away side’s favour. It was a 50-50 call in real-time and the referee, along with his assistants cannot be blamed for letting play continue.